DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,825

MOUNTAIN CITY LUMBER COMPANY
ROAN SAWMILL
A SUBSIDIARY OF CRANBERRY HARDWOODS, INC.
ROAN MOUNTAIN, TENNESSEE

TA-W-74,825A

MOUNTAIN CITY LUMBER COMPANY
SAWMILL
A SUBSIDIARY OF CRANBERRY HARDWOODS, INC.
MOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE

TA-W-74,825B

MOUNTAIN CITY LUMBER COMPANY
KILN/MILLWORKS
A SUBSIDIARY OF CRANBERRY HARDWOODS, INC.
MOUNTAIN CITY, TENNESSEE

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(c) of the Trade Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can
be satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 5, 2010, by a company official on behalf of
workers of Mountain City Lumber Company, Roan Sawmill, a
subsidiary of Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc., Roan Mountain,
Tennessee (TA-W-74,825), Mountain City Lumber Company,
Sawmill, a subsidiary of Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc., Mountain
City, Tennessee (TA-W-74,825A), and Mountain City Lumber
Company, Kiln/Millworks, a subsidiary of Cranberry Hardwoods,
Inc., Mountain City, Tennessee (TA-W-74,825B). The workers
produce hardwood lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of Mountain City
Lumber Company, Roan Mountain and Mountain City, Tennessee,
who are engaged in employment related to production of
hardwood lumber, meet the criteria as Suppliers for secondary
worker certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number of
workers have been separated during the relevant period.
Criterion II has been met because Cranberry Hardwoods,
Inc. produced and sold hardwood lumber to a firm that employed
a worker group who is covered by an active certification to be
incorporated into hardwood flooring.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc. with the firm that employed a
TAA-certified worker group contributed importantly to the
worker group separations at the Roan Mountain and Mountain
City, Tennessee facilities.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Mountain City Lumber
Company, Roan Sawmill, a subsidiary of Cranberry Hardwoods,
Inc., Roan Mountain, Tennessee (TA-W-74,825), Mountain City
Lumber Company, Sawmill, a subsidiary of Cranberry Hardwoods,
Inc., Mountain City, Tennessee (TA-W-74,825A), and Mountain
City Lumber Company, Kiln/Millworks, a subsidiary of Cranberry
Hardwoods, Inc., Mountain City, Tennessee (TA-W-74,825B), who
are engaged in employment related to production of hardwood
lumber, meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:



"All workers of Mountain City Lumber Company, Roan
Sawmill, a subsidiary of Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc., Roan
Mountain, Tennessee (TA-W-74,825), Mountain City Lumber
Company, Sawmill, a subsidiary of Cranberry Hardwoods,
Inc., Mountain City, Tennessee (TA-W-74,825A), and
Mountain City Lumber Company, Kiln/Millworks, a
subsidiary of Cranberry Hardwoods, Inc., Mountain City,
Tennessee (TA-W-74,825B), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after October 25, 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 21st day of January, 2011

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