DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,517

IDAHO TIMBER OF MONTANA, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION
WHITEFISH, 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(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 July 2, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Idaho Timber of Montana, LLC, a subsidiary of
Leucadia National Corporation, Whitefish, Montana (Idaho Timber
of Montana). The workers are engaged in employment related to
the production of softwood lumber products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Idaho Timber of
Montana, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of softwood lumber products, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
portion of workers at Idaho Timber of Montana have been
totally or partially separated, or threatened with total or
partial separation, during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production at Idaho Timber of Montana 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 those produced by
Idaho Timber of Montana have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Idaho Timber of Montana
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Idaho Timber of Montana.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Idaho Timber of
Montana, LLC, a subsidiary of Leucadia National Corporation,
Whitefish, Montana, who are engaged in employment related to the
production of softwood lumber 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 Idaho Timber of Montana, LLC, a subsidiary
of Leucadia National Corporation, Whitefish, Montana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 30, 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 16th day of February, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance