DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,077

CONSOLIDATED PINE INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM MID-OREGON PERSONNEL
PRINEVILLE, OREGON

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 15, 2012 on behalf of workers of Consolidated
Pine Inc., Prineville, Oregon. The workers at the subject firm
produce ponderosa pine mouldings for interior construction. The
worker group includes on-site leased workers from Mid-Oregon
Personnel.
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 ponderosa pine mouldings produced by
Consolidated Pine Inc., Prineville, Oregon have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the ponderosa pine
mouldings produced by Consolidated Pine Inc., Prineville, Oregon
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 Consolidated Pine
Inc., Prineville, Oregon.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Consolidated Pine
Inc., Prineville, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of ponderosa pine mouldings 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 Consolidated Pine Inc., including on-site
leased workers from Mid-Oregon Personnel, Prineville,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 12, 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, 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 17th day of January, 2013

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