DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,030

WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY
ILEVEL DIVISION
HOT SPRINGS REGIONAL OFFICE
HOT SPRINGS, 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 December 22, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Weyerhaeuser Company, iLevel Division, Hot Springs
Regional Office, Hot Springs, Arkansas. The workers provide
raw material, support, and sales services for Weyerhaeuser
Company.
The investigation revealed that workers of Weyerhaeuser
Company, iLevel Division, Hot Springs Regional Office, Hot
Springs, Arkansas, who are engaged in employment related to raw
material, support, and sales services, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion of the workers have been totally or partially
separated over the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of hardwood veneer and plywood, engineered
wood members, and sawmill products by Weyerhaeuser Company,
iLevel Division, have decreased absolutely over 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 hardwood veneer and plywood, engineered wood members,
and sawmill products manufactured by Weyerhaeuser Company,
iLevel Division, have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports contributed importantly
to the sales/production declines at Weyerhaeuser Company,
iLevel Division and worker group separations at the Hot
Springs Regional Office.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Weyerhaeuser Company,
iLevel Division, Hot Springs Regional Office, Hot Springs,
Arkansas, who are engaged in employment related to raw material,
support, and sales services for Weyerhaeuser Company, 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 Company, iLevel Division, Hot
Springs Regional Office, Hot Springs, Arkansas, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 21, 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 7th day of January, 2011

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