DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,752

HAMPTON LUMBER MILLS, INC.
DBA TILLAMOOK LUMBER COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
BARRETT BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
TILLAMOOK, OREGON

TA-W-70,752A

HAMPTON LUMBER MILLS, INC.
DBA WILLAMINA LUMBER COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS PERSONNEL SERVICES
WILLAMINA, OREGON


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 29, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hampton Lumber Mills, Inc., dba Tillamook Lumber
Company, including on-site leased workers from Barrett
Services, Inc., Tillamook, Oregon (Tillamook, TA-W-70,752) and
Hampton Lumber Mills, Inc., dba Willamina Lumber Company,
including on-site leased workers from Express Personnel
Services, Willamina, Oregon (Willamina, TA-W-70,752A). The
workers are engaged in the production of softwood dimensional
lumber and chips. The workers are not separately identifiable
by product, but by location.
The investigation revealed that workers of Tillamook and
Willamina who are engaged in employment related to the
production of softwood dimensional lumber and chips meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers at Tillmook and Willamina have been
separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of softwood dimensional lumber and chips by
Tillamook and Willamina have decreased absolutely during the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with softwood
dimensional lumber and chips by Tillamook and Willamina have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of softwood lumber and chips contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Tillamook and Willamina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hampton Lumber Mills,
Inc., dba Tillamook Lumber Company, Tillamook, Oregon (TA-W-
70,752), and Hampton Lumber Mills, Inc., dba Willamina Lumber
Company, Willamina, Oregon (TA-W-70,752A), who are engaged in
employment related to the production of softwood dimensional
lumber and 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, Inc., dba Tillamook
Lumber Company, including on-site leased workers from
Barrett Services, Inc., Tillamook, Oregon (TA-W-70,752),
and Hampton Lumber Mills, Inc., dba Willamina Lumber
Company, including on-site leased workers from Express
Personnel Services, Willamina, Oregon (TA-W-70,752A), 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 31st day of August 2009.


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