DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,358

PW HARDWOOD, LLC
BROOKVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA

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 July 8, 2010 on behalf of workers of PW Hardwood, LLC,
Brookville, Pennsylvania. The workers are engaged in
production of kiln-dried hardwood lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of PW Hardwood, who
are engaged in production of kiln-dried hardwood lumber, meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have become totally or partially
separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales of
kiln-dried hardwood lumber by PW Hardwood have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with kiln-
dried hardwood lumber produced by PW Hardwood have increased
during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales declines at PW Hardwood.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of PW Hardwood, LLC,
Brookville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged in activities related
to production of kiln-dried hardwood lumber, 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 PW Hardwood, LLC, Brookville,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after June 23, 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 4th day of November, 2010



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