DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,201

MT. TAYLOR MILLWORK, INC
MILAN, NEW MEXICO

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 June 7, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Mt. Taylor Millwork, Inc., Milan, New Mexico. The
workers were engaged in employment related to production of
hardwood and softwood mouldings.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mt. Taylor
Millwork, who are engaged in employment related to production of
hardwood and softwood mouldings, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers were separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of hardwood and softwood mouldings by Mt.
Taylor Millwork have decreased absolutely during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the hardwood and softwood mouldings produced by Mt.
Taylor Millwork have increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Mt. Taylor Millwork.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mt. Taylor Millwork,
Milan, New Mexico, who are engaged in employment related to
production of hardwood and softwood mouldings, 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 Mt Taylor Millwork, Inc., Milan, New
Mexico, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 24, 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 19th day of August, 2010

/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance