DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,527
CATAWISSA LUMBER & SPECIALTY CO., INC.
ELYSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA

TA-W-70,527A
CATAWISSA LUMBER & SPECIALTY CO., INC.
CATAWISSA, PENNSYLVANIA

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 26, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Catawissa Lumber & Specialty Co., Inc., Elysburg,
Pennsylvania (TA-W-70,527) and Catawissa, Pennsylvania (TA-W-
70,527A). The workers produce hardwood components used in the
production of kitchen cabinets and furniture.
The worker group at the Catawissa, Pennsylvania facility
was certified eligible for adjustment assistance on May 2,
2007 (TA-W-61,017). That certification expired May 2, 2009.
This investigation revealed that workers of Catawissa
Lumber & Specialty Co., Inc., who are engaged in employment
related to hardwood components meet the criteria as Suppliers
for secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
portion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated in the period under
investigation.
Criterion II has been met because workers of Catawissa
Lumber & Specialty Co., Inc., produced and sold hardwood
components to several firms certified eligible for adjustment
assistance including Ridgeway Furniture, Ridgeway, Virginia,
to be incorporated into wooden furniture. Workers of Ridgeway
Furniture are covered by certification number TA-W-70,527
issued based on a shift in production of wooden furniture.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Catawissa Lumber & Specialty Co., Inc., with respect to
hardwood cabinets sold to the above indicated certified
customers contributed importantly to worker separations at
Catawissa Lumber & Specialty Co., Inc., Elysburg and
Catawissa, Pennsylvania.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Catawissa Lumber &
Specialty Co., Inc., Elysburg and Catawissa, Pennsylvania, who
are engaged in employment related to the production of hardwood
components 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 certifications:


"All workers of Catawissa Lumber & Specialty Co., Inc.,
Elysburg, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 21, 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."
"All workers of Catawissa Lumber & Specialty Co., Inc.,
Catawissa, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 3, 2009, 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 17th day of August, 2009


/s/Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance