DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,097

FRASER TIMBER LIMITED
A SUBSIDIARY OF FRASER PAPERS, INC.
ASHLAND, MAINE

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 company official on behalf of
workers of Fraser Timber Limited, a subsidiary of Fraser
Papers, Inc., Ashland, Maine. The workers produce dimensional
lumber.
The investigation revealed that workers of Fraser Timber
Limited, 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 the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of dimensional lumber by Fraser Timber
Limited 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 Fraser Timber Limited
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 Fraser Timber Limited.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Fraser Timber
Limited, a subsidiary of Fraser Papers, Inc., Ashland, Maine,
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 Fraser Timber Limited, a subsidiary of
Fraser Papers, Inc., Ashland, Maine, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December
14, 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