DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,008

WEYERHAEUSER NR
CHOICEWOOD DIVISION
TITUSVILLE, 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 December 16, 2010 on behalf of workers of Weyerhaeuser
NR, ChoiceWood Division, Titusville, Pennsylvania. The workers
produce finished lumber for interior use.
The investigation revealed that workers of Weyerhaeuser NR,
who are engaged in employment related to production of finished
lumber for interior use, meet the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been separated over the
relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and production of finished lumber for interior use by
Weyerhaeuser NR 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
finished lumber for interior use produced by Weyerhaeuser NR
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports of finished lumber
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Weyerhaeuser NR.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weyerhaeuser NR,
ChoiceWood Division, Titusville, Pennsylvania, who are engaged
in employment related to production of finished lumber for
interior use, 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 Weyerhaeuser NR, ChoiceWood Division,
Titusville, Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 8, 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 23rd day of March, 2011

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