DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,129

HAMPTON LUMBER MILLS-WASHINGTON, INC.
MORTON DIVISION
MORTON, WASHINGTON

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 August 26, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Hampton Lumber Mills-Washington, Inc., Morton
Division, Morton, Washington. The workers are engaged in
employment related to the production of dimensional lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of Hampton Lumber
Mills in Morton, Washington, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of dimensional lumber, meet the
criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because at least five
percent of workers in the workers' firm are threatened with
total or partial separation in 2009.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of dimensional lumber by Hampton Lumber Mills
decreased during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because company
imports of articles like or directly competitive with
dimensional lumber produced by Hampton Lumber Mills have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports of dimensional lumber by Hampton Lumber
Mills contributed importantly to the worker group separations
and sales/production declines at the Morton, Washington
facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Hampton Lumber Mills-
Washington, Inc., Morton Division, Morton, Washington, 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-Washington, Inc.,
Morton Division, Morton, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after August 25,
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 17th day of September, 2009

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance