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TAW-81312  /  Seattle-Snohomish Mill Company, Inc. (Snohomish, WA)

Petitioner Type: Union
Impact Date: 02/03/2011
Filed Date: 02/08/2012
Most Recent Update: 02/24/2012
Determination Date: 02/24/2012
Expiration Date: 02/24/2014

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,312

SEATTLE-SNOHOMISH MILL COMPANY, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BOITANO PACIFIC TRUCKING
COMPANY, INC. AND PACIFIC LOG SCALING
SNOHOMISH, 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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the 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) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on February 8, 2012 by a union, Carpenters Industrial
Council (CIC), Local 2659 on behalf of workers of Seattle-
Snohomish Mill Company, Inc., Snohomish, Washington (Seattle-
Snohomish Mill Company). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of softwood dimensional
lumber and residuals. The worker group, Seattle-Snohomish Mill
Company, includes on-site leased workers from Boitano Pacific
Trucking Company, Inc. and Pacific Log Scaling
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Seattle-Snohomish
Mill Company is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of
workers who received a certification of eligibility under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply
is related to the finished article that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Seattle-Snohomish Mill Company with the firm that
employed a certified worker group contributed importantly to
worker separations at Seattle-Snohomish Mill Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Seattle-Snohomish
Mill Company, Inc., including on-site leased workers from
Boitano Pacific Trucking Company, Inc. and Pacific Log
Scaling, Snohomish, Washington, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of softwood dimensional lumber and
residuals meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:


"All workers of Seattle-Snohomish Mill Company, Inc.,
including on-site leased workers from Boitano Pacific
Trucking Company, Inc. and Pacific Log Scaling,
Snohomish, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 3, 2011
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 24th day of February, 2012.

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