DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,174

D.R. JOHNSON LUMBER COMPANY
RIDDLE, OREGON

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 19, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of D.R. Johnson Lumber Company, Riddle, Oregon. The
workers produce dimensional lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of D.R. Johnson
Lumber Company who are engaged in employment related to
production of dimensional lumber meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers was separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of dimensional lumber by D.R. Johnson have
decreased absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with
dimensional lumber produced by D.R. Johnson have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of dimensional lumber by customers of
D.R. Johnson Lumber Company contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at the
Riddle, Oregon facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of D.R. Johnson Lumber
Company, Riddle, Oregon, who are engaged in employment related
to production of dimensional 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 D.R. Johnson Lumber Company, Riddle,
Oregon, 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 December, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance