DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,234

HAMPTON LUMBERMILLS-WASHINGTON, INC.
DARRINGTON LUMBER MILL DIVISION
DARRINGTON, 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 20, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hampton Lumber Mills-Washington, Inc., Darrington
Lumber Mill Division, Darrington, Washington (Hampton Lumber
Mills). The workers are engaged in employment related to the
production of dimensional lumber and wood chips. The workers
are not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hampton Lumber
Mills who are engaged in employment related to the production of
dimensional lumber and wood chips meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of workers in the workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of dimensional lumber by Hampton Lumber Mills
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with dimensional lumber
by the Hampton Lumber Mills have increased during the relevant
period.


Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of dimensional lumber by Hampton Lumber
Mills contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at the subject plant.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hampton Lumber Mills-
Washington, Inc., Darrington Lumber Mill Division, Darrington,
Washington, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of dimensional lumber and wood chips 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 Hampton Lumber Mills-Washington, Inc.,
Darrington Lumber Mill Division, Darrington, 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 18th day of August, 2009.


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