DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-65,805

WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY
ILEVEL DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
PINE HILL, ALABAMA

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 an investigation regarding certification of eligibility
to apply for worker adjustment assistance as a secondarily affected
worker group.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility for secondary workers to apply for
Trade Adjustment Assistance, the group eligibility requirements of
paragraph (b) of Section 222 of the Trade Act, as amended, must be
met. It is determined in this case that the requirements of (b) of
Section 222, as amended, have been met.
The investigation was initiated on April 16, 2009, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Weyerhaeuser NR Company, iLevel Division, a subsidiary of
Weyerhaeuser Company, Pine Hill, Alabama. The workers produce
engineered veneer and lumber.
The investigation revealed that Weyerhaeuser NR Company,
iLevel Division, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company, Pine Hill,
Alabama, supplies component parts for microllam engineered wood
products, and at least 20 percent of its production or sales is
supplied to a manufacturer whose workers were certified eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance.
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.
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 workers of Weyerhaeuser NR Company,
iLevel Division, a subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company, Pine Hill,
Alabama, qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under
Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:


"All workers of Weyerhaeuser NR Company, iLevel Division, a
subsidiary of Weyerhaeuser Company, Pine Hill, Alabama, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after April 14, 2008, 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 11th day of May 2009


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