DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,730

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS
SAWMILL DIVISION
DILLARD, OREGON

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 October 18, 2010 by a company official and a
representative of Lumber and Sawmills Workers Union (LSW),
Local 2429, on behalf of workers of Roseburg Forest Products,
Sawmill Division, Dillard, Oregon. The workers are engaged in
activities related to production of structural lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of Roseburg Forest
Products, Sawmill Division, who are engaged in activities
related to production of structural lumber, meet the criteria
for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers at the workers' firm have been separated
during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of structural lumber by Roseburg Forest
Products, Sawmill Division, 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 structural lumber produced by Roseburg Forest Products,
Sawmill Division, have increased.
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 the Dillard, Oregon facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Roseburg Forest
Products, Sawmill Division, Dillard, Oregon, who are engaged in
activities related to production of structural 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 Roseburg Forest Products, Sawmill
Division, Dillard, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 30, 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 11th day of February, 2011


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