DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,006

MAINE WOODS COMPANY
PORTAGE LAKE, MAINE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 18, 2009 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Maine Woods Company, Portage, Maine. The workers of
the subject firm are engaged in production of hardwood lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of Maine Woods
Company, Portage, Maine who are engaged in employment related to
production of hardwood lumber meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers at the subject firm have been fully or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of hardwood lumber by Maine Woods Company,
Portage, Maine have decreased from 2007 to 2008 and in January
2009 over the corresponding 2008 period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with hardwood lumber
have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of hardwood lumber by customers of the
subject firm contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Maine Woods
Company, Portage, Maine.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Maine Woods Company,
Portage, Maine, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of hardwood lumber meet the worker group
certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19
U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Maine Woods Company, Portage, Maine, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 18, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 11th day of September, 2009.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance