DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,660

WEYERHAEUSER NR
ILEVEL ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MANPOWER
COLBERT, GEORGIA

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 July 14, 2009 on behalf of workers of Weyerhaeuser NR,
iLevel Engineered Wood Products division, Colbert, Georgia
(iLevel). The workers are engaged in activities related to the
production of parallam engineered wood products. The worker
group includes on-site leased workers from Manpower. The
petitioner alleged that the downturn in the overall economic
environment led to separations at the subject firm.
The investigation revealed that workers of iLevel who are
engaged in employment related to the production of parallam
engineered wood products meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers have been totally or partially
separated or threatened with separation.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers' firm
has shifted to Canada the production of articles like or
directly competitive
Criterion III has been met because the shift of parallam
engineered wood products production to Canada by iLevel
contributed importantly to worker group separations at the
subject firm.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weyerhaeuser NR,
iLevel Engineered Wood Products division, Colbert, Georgia,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of
parallam 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, iLevel Engineered Wood
Products division, Colbert, Georgia, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 9,
2008, through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on 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 24th day of March, 2010

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