DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,731

CURT BEAN LUMBER COMPANY, INC.
GLENWOOD, ARKANSAS

TA-W-74,731A
CURT BEAN LUMBER COMPANY, INC.
AMITY, ARKANSAS

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 an Arkansas state workforce
official on behalf of workers of Curt Bean Lumber Company,
Inc., Glenwood, Arkansas (TA-W-74,731) and Amity, Arkansas
(TA-W-74,731A). The workers produce dimensional lumber.
Workers of Curt Bean Lumber Company, Inc., Amity, Arkansas
and Glenwood, Arkansas were covered by certification numbers
TA-W-62,057 and TA-W-62,057A respectively. Those
certifications expired on March 13, 2010.
The investigation revealed that workers of Curt Bean Lumber
Company, Inc., who are engaged in employment related to
production of dimensional lumber, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number of workers have been separated over the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of dimensional lumber by Curt Bean Lumber
Company have decreased absolutely over the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
U.S. imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
dimensional lumber produced by Curt Bean Lumber Company 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 Curt Bean Lumber Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Curt Bean Lumber
Company, Inc., Glenwood, Arkansas (TA-W-74,731) and Amity,
Arkansas (TA-W-74,731A), who are engaged in employment related
to production of dimensional 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 Curt Bean Lumber Company, Inc., Glenwood,
Arkansas (TA-W-74,731) and Amity, Arkansas (TA-W-74,731A),
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after March 14, 2010, 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 1st day of March, 2011


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