DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,034

VAAGEN BROS. LUMBER, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM INTEGRATED PERSONNEL
COLVILLE, WASHINGTON

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 company official on behalf of workers
of Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., Colville, Washington. The workers
are engaged in activities related to the production of lumber
and lumber by-products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Vaagen Bros.
Lumber, Inc., including on-site leased workers from Integrated
Personnel who are engaged in activities related to the
production of lumber and lumber by-products meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers were laid off.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of lumber and lumber by-products produced by
Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., have decreased absolutely during
the relevant time period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customers
increased their reliance on imported articles or services like
or directly competitive with lumber and lumber by-products
produced by Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased reliance of imported lumber and lumber by-products
by customers of Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Vaagen Bros. Lumber,
Inc., including on-site leased workers from Integrated
Personnel, Colville, Washington, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of lumber and lumber by-products 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 Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Integrated Personnel,
Colville, Washington, 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 10th of November 2009.


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