DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,308

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS
COMPOSITE PANEL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ROBERT HALF
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

TA-W-80,308A

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS
COMPOSITE PANEL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ROBERT HALF
RUSSELLVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

NOTICE OF CONTINUATION OF CERTIFICATION

On August 12, 2011, the Department of Labor (Department)
issued a certification regarding workers’ eligibility to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) applicable to workers and
former workers of Roseburg Forest Products, Composite Panel
Division, Orangeburg, South Carolina (TA-W-80,308) and
Russellville, South Carolina (TA-W-80,308A). The Department’s
Notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
September 2, 2011 (76 FR 54796).
The certification was based on the Department’s findings
that aggregate industry imports of articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by Roseburg Forest
Products, Composite Panel Division, Orangeburg, South Carolina
and Russellville, South Carolina had contributed importantly to
subject worker group separations.
Subsequent to the issuance of the certification, the
Department received information that suggested that the aggregate
industry import data on which the certification determination
relied may have included related articles that may not be either
like or directly competitive with either particleboard or
laminated wood panels.
On July 17, 2012, the Department issued a Notice of
Investigation Regarding Termination of Certification of workers
and former workers of Roseburg Forest Products, Composite Panel
Division, Orangeburg, South Carolina and Russellville, South
Carolina. The Department’s Notice of Investigation Regarding
Termination of Certification was published in the Federal
Register on July 30, 2012 (77 FR 44683), and the Department
conducted what is referred to herein as the “immediate
investigation.”
During the immediate investigation, Roseburg Forest Products
(subject firm) confirmed that the subject facilities produced
particleboard and/or laminated wood panels, and provided
additional information regarding the subject facilities’
operations related to particleboard and/or laminated wood panel
production and their respective relationships to the subject
firm’s customers of particleboard and/or laminated wood panels.
Taking into consideration the new information provided by
the subject firm, the Department reviewed previously-submitted
aggregate industry import data and the previously-conducted
aggregate import analysis. The Department then excluded import
data unrelated to particleboard and/or laminated wood panels (and
like or directly competitive articles) and conducted another
aggregate industry import analysis for the same time period but
using the revised aggregate import database.
The Department’s analysis of this database revealed that the
import levels of the subject articles and like or directly
competitive articles did not increase during the relevant period.
Therefore, aggregate data did not provide a basis for certifying
the subject worker groups under Section 222 of the Act, 19
U.S.C., § 2272, as described in the determination issued on
August 12, 2011.
After determining that the basis for certification as
described in the determination was not valid, the Department
continued the immediate investigation to determine whether
conditions during the relevant time period nevertheless supported
the ultimate conclusion of the determination that the workers and
former workers of Roseburg Forest Products, Composite Panel
Division, Orangeburg, South Carolina and Russellville, South
Carolina met the eligibility criteria set forth in the Trade Act
of 1974, as amended (the Act).
The Department obtained new information regarding the
subject firm’s major declining customers of particleboard and/or
laminated wood panels and related import data of particleboard
and/or laminated wood panels (and like or directly competitive
articles) by the subject firm’s customers.
Using the new customer information and previously-submitted
information from the subject firm regarding particleboard and/or
laminated wood panels sales and production at Roseburg Forest
Products, Composite Panel Division, Orangeburg, South Carolina
and Russellville, South Carolina, the Department conducted
another import analysis for the relevant time period.
The immediate investigation revealed increased imports
(direct and indirect imports) of particleboard wood panels by
major declining customer(s) of the subject firm during 2010 from
2009 levels and during partial year 2011 from the corresponding
2010 period (the relevant period).
Based on a careful analysis of all information provided in
the immediate and earlier investigations, the Department
determines that increased customer imports of articles like or
directly competitive with the particleboard and/or laminated wood
panels produced at the subject facilities contributed importantly
to worker group separations at Roseburg Forest Products,
Composite Panel Division, Orangeburg, South Carolina and
Russellville, South Carolina.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the initial
investigation of the petition referenced as TA-W-80,308 and TA-W-
80,308A and the immediate investigation, I determine, in
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, that
the certification of workers and former workers of Roseburg
Forest Products, Composite Panel Division, including on-site
leased workers of Robert Half, Orangeburg, South Carolina (TA-W-
80,308) and Roseburg Forest Products, Composite Panel Division,
including on-site leased workers of Robert Half, Russellville,
South Carolina (TA-W-80,308A), issued on August 12, 2011 and
published in the Federal Register on September 2, 2011 (76 FR
54796) should not be terminated. As described in the
certification, I conclude that these workers, who are/were
engaged in activities related to production of particleboard
and/or laminated wood panels, have met the worker group
certification criteria under 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a).
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 31st day of August, 2012

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,308

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS
COMPOSITE PANEL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ROBERT HALF
ORANGEBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA

TA-W-80,308A

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS
COMPOSITE PANEL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS OF ROBERT HALF
RUSSELLVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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, or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm, have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;
(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and
(ii) imports of articles like or directly competitive
with articles produced by such firm or subdivision 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 or subdivision

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on July 25, 2011 by a company official on behalf of workers
of Roseburg Forest Products, Composite Panel Division, including
on-site leased workers of Robert Half, Orangeburg, South Carolina
(TA-W-80,308) and Russellville, South Carolina (TA-W-80,308A).
The workers’ firm is engaged activities related to the production
of softwood and hardwood lumber products.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of softwood and hardwood lumber products by
Roseburg Forest Products have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the article produced
by Roseburg Forest Products have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Roseburg Forest
Products.
In accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (“Act”), 26 U.S.C. 2813, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 246 (a)(3)(A)(ii) of the Trade Act are satisfied if
the following criteria are met:
(I) Whether a significant number of workers in the
workers' firm are 50 years of age or older;
(II) Whether the workers in the workers' firm possess
skills that are not easily transferable; and
(III) The competitive conditions within the workers'
industry (i.e., conditions within the industry are
adverse).
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(I) has been met because a
significant number of workers in the workers’ firm are 50 years
of age or older.
Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(II) has been met because the
workers in the workers’ firm possess skills that are not easily
transferrable.
Finally, Section 246(a)(3)(A)(ii)(III) has been met because
conditions within the workers’ industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Roseburg Forest
Products, Composite Panel Division, including on-site leased
workers of Robert Half, Orangeburg, South Carolina (TA-W-80,308)
and Russellville, South Carolina (TA-W-80,308A), who are engaged
in activities related to the production of softwood and hardwood
lumber products meet the worker group certification criteria
under 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 Roseburg Forest Products, Composite Panel
Division, including on-site leased workers of Robert Half,
Orangeburg, South Carolina (TA-W-80,308) and Russellville,
South Carolina (TA-W-80,308A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 21,
2010, 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, and are
also eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment
assistance under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended.”
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of August, 2011


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