DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,093

YAKAMA FOREST PRODUCTS
A SUBSIDIARY OF
THE TRIBES OF THE YAKAMA NATION-TRIBAL ENTERPRISE
WHITE SWAN, WASHINGTON

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 January 13, 2011, by a State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers of Yakama Forest Products, a subsidiary of The
Tribes of the Yakama Nation-Tribal Enterprise, White Swan,
Washington. The workers produce dimensional lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of Yakama Forest
Products, 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 during a relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of dimensional lumber by Yakama Forest
Products have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because U.S.
aggregate imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the dimensional lumber produced by Yakama Forest Products
have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased U.S. aggregate imports of dimensional lumber
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Yakama Forest Products.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Yakama Forest
Products, a subsidiary of The Tribes of the Yakama Nation-Tribal
Enterprise, White Swan, Washington, 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 Yakama Forest Products, a subsidiary of the
Tribes of the Yakama Nation Tribal Enterprise, White Swan,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 12, 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 6th day of April, 2011


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