DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,717

CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY
KORBEL, CALIFORNIA

TA-W-85,717A

CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COMPANY
BRAINARD DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS AND RIVER CITY STAFFING
EUREKA, CALIFORNIA

Amended 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 (19 USC
2273), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as
amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative
Trade Adjustment Assistance on March 18, 2015 applicable to workers
and former workers of California Redwood Company, a subsidiary of
Green Diamond Resource Company, Korbel, California. Workers of the
subject firm are engaged in activities related to the production of
lumber.
A state workforce agent requested that the Department review the
afore-mentioned certification because an affiliated Eureka,
California facility finishes the lumber produced at the Korbel,
California facility.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include all
workers at the subject firm who were adversely affected by increased
imports of lumber products.
The Department has determined that the Eureka, California
facility supplied drying, shipping and finishing services to
affiliated California Redwood Company facilities, including the
Korbel, California facility; specifically, the Eureka, California
facility received rough lumber from the Korbel, California facility
to supply services to produce precision, specific, and decorative
cuts of redwood. In addition, the worker groups at the Korbel and
Eureka, California facilities are similarly impacted by increased
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the lumber
products produced by the subject firm.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to also include workers of California Redwood Company,
Brainard Division, a subsidiary of Green Diamond Resource Company,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals and River City Staffing, Eureka, California.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-85,717 is hereby issued as
follows:

"All workers of California Redwood Company, a subsidiary of
Green Diamond Resource Company, Korbel, California (TA-W-
85,717) and California Redwood Company, Brainard Division, a
subsidiary of Green Diamond Resource Company, including on-
site leased workers from Express Employment Professionals and
River City Staffing, Eureka, California (TA-W-85,717A), who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 9, 2013 through March 18, 2017, and all workers
in the two groups threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on December 9, 2013 through March 18, 2017 are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974, and are also eligible to apply for
alternative trade adjustment assistance under Section 246 of the
Trade Act of 1974.”

Signed in Washington, D.C., this 10th day of March, 2016

/s/Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance





DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-85,717

CALIFORNIA REDWOOD COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF GREEN DIAMOND RESOURCE COMPANY
KORBEL, CALIFORNIA

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 December 12, 2014 by the International Association of
Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW)/Woodworkers, District
W24 Lodge, on behalf of workers of California Redwood Company, a
subsidiary of Green Diamond Resources Company, Korbel,
California. The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of lumber. The worker group includes workers
whose wages were reported under FEIN 91-2172199.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's major declining
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 production of lumber by have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles
produced by California Redwood Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales and production declines at California
Redwood Company.
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 assistance (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 California Redwood
Company, a subsidiary of Green Diamond Resources Company,
Korbel, California, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of lumber 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 of California Redwood Company, a subsidiary of
Green Diamond Resources Company, Korbel, California, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after December 9, 2013 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 18th day of March 2015.

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