DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,265

GRAYLING ILEVEL-WEYERHAEUSER ENGINEERING WOOD PRODUCTS
GRAYLING, MICHIGAN

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 by a company official on May 20, 2009 on behalf of workers
of Grayling iLevel-Weyerhaeuser Engineered Wood Products,
Grayling, Michigan (Grayling iLevel-Weyerhaeuser Engineered
Wood Products). The workers are engaged in activities related
to the production of oriented strand board. The workers are not
separately identifiable by products produced.
The investigation further revealed that workers of Grayling
iLevel-Weyerhaeuser Engineered Wood Products who are engaged in
employment related to the production of oriented strand board
meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of oriented strand board by the subject firm
decreased during the period under investigation.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with oriented strand
board produced by Grayling iLevel-Weyerhaeuser Engineered Wood
Products have increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor
conducted a survey of the subject firm's major declining
customers regarding their purchases of oriented strand board
during the relevant period. The survey revealed an increased
reliance on imported oriented strand board during the relevant
period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of oriented strand board by customers of
Grayling iLevel-Weyerhaeuser Engineered Wood Products
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Grayling iLevel-Weyerhaeuser
Engineered Wood Products.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Grayling iLevel-
Weyerhaeuser Engineered Wood Products, Grayling, Michigan, who
are engaged in actvities related to the production of oriented
strand board 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 Grayling iLevel-Weyerhaeuser Engineered
Wood Products, Grayling, Michigan, 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 23rd day of September 2009

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance