DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,433

WEYERHAEUSER NR
I-LEVEL DIVISION
BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 22, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Weyerhaeuser NR, I-Level, Buckhannon, West Virginia.
The workers manufacture engineered wood products for the housing
industry.
The investigation revealed that the worker group meets the
criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have become totally or partially separated during the
relevant period.
Criterion II has been satisfied because there has been a
shift in acquisition of engineered wood products by
Weyerhaeuser NR to a firm in Canada.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
engineered wood products from a foreign country contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the Buckhannon, West
Virginia facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weyerhaeuser NR, I-
Level, Buckhannon, West Virginia, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of engineered wood 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 Weyerhaeuser NR, I-Level, Buckhannon, West
Virginia 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 13th day of November 2009.

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