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SEC Comment Letter for PW EAGLE INC (CIK 0000852426) — Jun 3, 2005

PW EAGLE INC (CIK 0000852426)
Date: June 3, 2005 · CIK: 0000852426 · Accession: 0000000000-05-027723

AI Filing Summary & Sentiment

Date
June 3, 2005
Author
Jeffrey Gordon
Form
UPLOAD
Company
PW EAGLE INC (CIK 0000852426)

Letter

June 3, 2005 Mr. Scott Long Chief Financial Officer PW Eagle Savings Plan 1550 Valley River Drive Eugene, OR 97401

RE: Form 8-K Item 4.01 filed June 2, 2005 File # 0-18050

Dear Mr. Long:

We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments. Where indicated, we think you should revise your documents in response to these comments. If you disagree, we will consider your explanation as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is unnecessary. Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental information so we may better understand your disclosure. After reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional comments.

Please understand that the purpose of our review process is to assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing. We look forward to working with you in these respects. We welcome any questions you may have about our comments or on any other aspect of our review. Feel free to call us at the telephone number listed at the end of this letter.

1. You currently disclose that you did not consult with Grant Thornton during the Plan`s two years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002. Please amend your filing to cover the interim period from the date of the last audited financial statements, December 31, 2003, to May 26, 2005, the date of dismissal. See Item 304(a)(2) of Regulation S-K.

2. To the extent that you make changes to the Form 8-K to comply with our comments, please obtain and file an updated Exhibit 16 letter from the former accountants stating whether the accountant agrees with the statements made in your revised Form 8-K.

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We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be certain that they have provided all information investors require. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that

* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings; * staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments in the filings reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and * the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement has access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in response to our comments on your filing.

Please file your supplemental response via EDGAR in response to these comments within 5 business days of the date of this letter. Please note that if you require longer than 5 business days to respond, you should contact the staff immediately to request additional time. You may wish to provide us with marked copies of each amended filing to expedite our review. Direct any questions regarding the above to the undersigned at (202) 551-3866.

Sincerely,
Jeffrey Gordon
Staff Accountant
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June 3, 2005

Mr. Scott Long
Chief Financial Officer
PW Eagle Savings Plan
1550 Valley River Drive
Eugene, OR  97401

RE:  	Form 8-K Item 4.01 filed June 2, 2005
	File # 0-18050

Dear Mr. Long:

We have reviewed your filing and have the following comments.
Where
indicated, we think you should revise your documents in response
to
these comments.  If you disagree, we will consider your
explanation
as to why our comment is inapplicable or a revision is
unnecessary.
Please be as detailed as necessary in your explanation.  In some
of
our comments, we may ask you to provide us with supplemental
information so we may better understand your disclosure.  After
reviewing this information, we may or may not raise additional
comments.

	Please understand that the purpose of our review process is
to
assist you in your compliance with the applicable disclosure
requirements and to enhance the overall disclosure in your filing.
We look forward to working with you in these respects.  We welcome
any questions you may have about our comments or on any other
aspect
of our review.  Feel free to call us at the telephone number
listed
at the end of this letter.

1. You currently disclose that you did not consult with Grant
Thornton during the Plan`s two years ended December 31, 2003 and
2002.  Please amend your filing to cover the interim period from
the
date of the last audited financial statements, December 31, 2003,
to
May 26, 2005, the date of dismissal.  See Item 304(a)(2) of
Regulation S-K.

2. To the extent that you make changes to the Form 8-K to comply
with
our comments, please obtain and file an updated Exhibit 16 letter
from the former accountants stating whether the accountant agrees
with the statements made in your revised Form 8-K.

*****

We urge all persons who are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy
of the disclosure in the filings reviewed by the staff to be
certain
that they have provided all information investors require.  Since
the
company and its management are in possession of all facts relating
to
a company`s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and
adequacy of the disclosures they have made.

In connection with responding to our comments, please provide, in
writing, a statement from the company acknowledging that

* the company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the
disclosure in the filings;
* staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff
comments in the filings reviewed by the staff do not foreclose the
Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and
* the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any
proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the
federal securities laws of the United States.

In addition, please be advised that the Division of Enforcement
has
access to all information you provide to the staff of the Division
of
Corporation Finance in our review of your filing or in response to
our comments on your filing.

Please file your supplemental response via EDGAR in response to
these
comments within 5 business days of the date of this letter.
Please
note that if you require longer than 5 business days to respond,
you
should contact the staff immediately to request additional time.
You
may wish to provide us with marked copies of each amended filing
to
expedite our review.  Direct any questions regarding the above to
the
undersigned at (202) 551-3866.

Sincerely,

Jeffrey Gordon
Staff Accountant
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Mr. Long
June 3, 2005
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549-0510

         DIVISION OF
CORPORATION FINANCE

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