DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-62,380

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
LOG SORTING YARD
ABERDEEN, WASHINGTON

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 October 30, 2007 in
response to a petition filed by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers on behalf of workers of
Weyerhaeuser Company, Log Sorting Yard, Aberdeen, Washington. The
workers are engaged in support activities related to the production
of dimensional lumber produced at an affiliated plant.
In order to be considered eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, the worker
group seeking certification (or on whose behalf certification is
being sought) must work for a "firm" or appropriate subdivision
that produces an article and there must be a relationship between
the workers' work and the article produced by the workers' firm or
appropriate subdivision.
A substantial number of separations have occurred at the log
sorting yard. Workers are in support of an appropriate subdivision
that produces an article domestically, and the separations were
caused importantly by a reduced demand for the support functions
from the affiliated certified production facilities. Thus the
worker group can be considered import impacted or affected by a
shift in production of an article.
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 addition, 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.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with dimensional lumber contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers at
Weyerhaeuser Company, Log Sorting Yard, Aberdeen, Washington. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Weyerhaeuser Company, Log Sorting Yard,
Aberdeen, Washington who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after October 22, 2006, 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 at Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of December, 2007


/s/Richard Church
_____________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance