DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,847

INTERMOUNTAIN FOREST TECHNOLOGY, CORP.
DBA SMITH FORESTRY CONSULTING
CLANCY, MONTANA

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 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 June 2, 2009, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Intermountain Forest Technology, Corp, DBA Smith
Forestry Consulting, Clancy, Montana (Intermountain Forest).
The workers produce saw logs and pulp logs.
The investigation revealed that workers of Intermountain
Forest who are engaged in employment related to the production
of saw logs and pulp logs meet the criteria as Suppliers for
secondary worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because there is a threat to
employment as a result of the planned cessation of operations
at the subject facility in the near future.
Criterion II has been satisfied because workers of
Intermountain Forest produced and sold saw logs and pulp logs
to Plum Creek Northwest Lumber, Inc., Pablo, Montana to be
incorporated into pine board lumber. Workers of Plum Creek
Northwest Lumber, Inc., Pablo, Montana are covered by
certification number TA-W-64,983 issued based on increased
customer imports of pine board lumber.
Criterion III has been met because the saw logs and pulp
logs produced by Intermountain Forest for Plum Creek Northwest
Lumber, Inc., Pablo, Montana contributed importantly to the
production or sales decline of Intermountain Forest.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Intermountain Forest
Technology, Corp, DBA Smith Forestry Consulting, Clancy,
Montana, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of saw logs and pulp logs 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 Intermountain Forest Technology, Corp, DBA
Smith Forestry Consulting, Clancy, Montana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 27, 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 18th day of August, 2009.


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