DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-71,826

WEYERHAEUSER ARCADIA OSB ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS
A DIVISION OF WEYERHAEUSER, NR
FORMERLY KNOWN AS WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
I LEVEL, ENGINEERED WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
SIMSBORO, LOUISIANA

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 28, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Weyerhaeuser Arcadia OSB Engineered Wood Products, a
division of Weyerhaeuser, NR, formerly known as Weyerhaeuser
Company, I Level, Engineered Wood Products Division, Simsboro,
Louisiana (Weyerhaeuser). The workers produce oriented strand
board.
The investigation revealed that workers of Weyerhaeuser who
are engaged in activities related to the production of
oriented strand board meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
employees have been separated and threatened with future
separations from the subject firm.
Criterion II has been met because the subject has shifted
production of oriented strand board to a foreign country.
Criterion III has been met because the shift of oriented
strand board to a foreign country contributed importantly to
worker group separations at Weyerhaeuser.





Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weyerhaeuser Arcadia
OSB Engineered Wood Products, a division of Weyerhaeuser, NR,
formerly known as Weyerhaeuser Company, I Level, Engineered Wood
Products Division, Simsboro, Louisiana, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of oriented strand board
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 Arcadia OSB Engineered Wood
Products, a division of Weyerhaeuser, NR, formerly known as
Weyerhaeuser Company, I Level, Engineered Wood Products
Division, Simsboro, Louisiana, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 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 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 19th day of November, 2009


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