DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-60,609

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS
COQUILLE PLYWOOD DIVISION
COQUILLE, OREGON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the
results of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment
Assistance, the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph
(a)(2)(A) or (a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met.
It is determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated on December 7, 2006, in
response to a petition filed by the United Brotherhood of
Carpenters and Joiners of America, Carpenters, Carpenters
Industrial Council, Local 2784, on behalf of workers of Roseburg
Forest Products, Coquille, Oregon. Workers at the subject firm
manufacture plywood.
The investigation revealed that employment, sales, and
production at the subject firm declined from 2005 to 2006.
The United States Department of Labor conducted a survey of
the subject firm's major declining customers regarding their
purchases of plywood during the period of the investigation. The
surveys revealed increased import purchases of plywood.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements
of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be met. The Department has
determined in this case that the requirements of Section 246 have
been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over
and possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive
conditions within the industry are adverse.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with plywood produced by Roseburg
Forest Products, Coquille, Oregon, contributed importantly to the
total or partial separation of workers and to the decline in sales
or production at that firm or subdivision. In accordance with the
provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Roseburg Forest Products, Coquille, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 13, 2005, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 9th day of April 2007


/s/Linda G. Poole
_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance