DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,214

PENINSULA PLYWOOD GROUP, LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT
PORT ANGELES, 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 4, 2012 by State Workforce Office on behalf of
workers of Peninsula Plywood Group, LLC, including on-site
leased workers from Express Employment, Port Angeles,
Washington (Peninsula Plywood Group, LLC). The workers’ firm
is engaged in activities related to the production of veneer and
specialty plywood for exterior siding, sanded, Medium Density
Overlay (MDO) sheathing.
Workers of K-Ply, Inc., a subsidiary of Klukwan, Inc. at
the same location was previously certified eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance on April 21, 2008 based on
“increased company imports” (TA-W-62,965). That certification
expired on April 21, 2010 [MIS]. Based on all information
available, there is no evidence to suggest that the subject
firm was a successor with interest.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and official government sources
of data.
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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of veneer and specialty plywood by Peninsula
Plywood Group, LLC, have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because subject
firm imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
veneer produced by Peninsula Plywood Group, LLC, have
increased during the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased subject firm imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Peninsula Plywood Group, LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Peninsula Plywood
Group, LLC, including on-site leased workers from Express
Employment, Port Angeles, Washington, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of veneer and specialty
plywood, 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 Peninsula Plywood Group, LLC, including
on-site leased workers from Express Employment, Port
Angeles, Washington, 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 2nd day of February, 2012.

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