DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,267

MASON COUNTY FOREST PRODUCTS
SHELTON, 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 June 18, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Mason County Forest Products, Shelton, Washington.
The workers produce lumber and milling byproducts.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mason County
Forest Products, who are engaged in activities related to
production of lumber and mill byproducts, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers were separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of lumber and lumber milling byproducts by
Mason County Forrest Products have decreased absolutely during
the last year.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles or services like or directly competitive with lumber
and lumber milling byproducts by Mason County Forrest Products
have increased. Specifically, customer reliance on imports of
lumber and lumber milling byproducts increased relatively.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased reliance on imported lumber and lumber milling
byproducts by customers of Mason County Forrest Products
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Mason County Forrest Products.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mason County Forest
Products, Shelton, Washington, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of lumber and lumber milling
byproducts, 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 Mason County Forest Products, Shelton,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 14, 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 3rd day of September, 2010.


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