DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-73,895

IDAHO TIMBER OF KANSAS, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF LEUCADIA NATIONAL CORPORATION INCLUDING
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
HALSTEAD, KANSAS

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 April 9, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Idaho Timber of Kansas, LLC, a subsidiary of Leucadia
National Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Express Employment Professionals, Halstead, Kansas (Idaho Timber
of Kansas). The workers are engaged in employment related to
the production of lumber products.
The investigation revealed that workers of Idaho Timber of
Kansas, who are engaged in employment related to the production
of lumber products, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
portion of workers at Idaho Timber of Kansas 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 Kansas 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 Kansas have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports by customers of Idaho Timber of Kansas
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Halstead, Kansas facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts and circumstances
involved in the investigation, I determine that workers of Idaho
Timber of Kansas, LLC, a subsidiary of Leucadia National
Corporation, Halstead, Kansas, who are engaged in employment
related to the production of 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 Kansas, LLC, a subsidiary
of Leucadia National Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals, Halstead,
Kansas, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after April 8, 2009, 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 29th day of October, 2010


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