DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,034

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS LOUISVILLE, MS PARTICLEBOARD
COMPOSITE PANEL DIVISION
LOUISVILLE, MISSISSIPPI

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 October 31, 2011 on behalf of workers of Roseburg
Forest Products Louisville, MS Particleboard, Composite Panel
Division, Louisville, Mississippi. The workers’ firm is engaged
in activities related to the production of particleboard wood
panels.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm, the petitioner, and the firm’s
major customers.
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 particleboard wood panels by the subject
firm have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customers
have increased their reliance on imports of articles like or
directly competitive with the articles produced by the subject
firm.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer reliance on imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at Roseburg Forest Products Louisville, MS Particleboard.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Roseburg Forest
Products Louisville, MS Particleboard, Composite Panel Division,
Louisville, Mississippi, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of particleboard wood panels 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 Roseburg Forest Products Louisville, MS
Particleboard, Composite Panel Division, Louisville,
Mississippi, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after February 13, 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 26th day of January, 2012.


/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance