DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,397

WEYERHAEUSER NR COMPANY
I LEVEL, EMERSON VENEER DIVISION
EMERSON, ARKANSAS

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 21, 2009 by a State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Weyerhaeuser NR Company, I Level, Emerson Veneer
Division, Emerson, Arkansas. The workers produce plywood panels
and veneer.
The investigation revealed that workers of Weyerhaeuser NR
Company, I Level, Emerson Veneer Division, Emerson, Arkansas,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
plywood panels and veneer, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of the workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of plywood panels and veneer by the Emerson
Veneer Division have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the plywood panels and veneer produced by the subject
firm have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at the Emerson, Arkansas facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weyerhaeuser NR
Company, I Level, Emerson Veneer Division, Emerson, Arkansas,
who are engaged in employment related to production of plywood
panels and veneer 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 Weyerhaeuser NR Company, I Level, Emerson
Veneer Division, Emerson, Arkansas, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 19,
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 24th day of September, 2009

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