DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,496

ROUGH AND READY LUMBER LLC
CAVE JUNCTION, 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 February 22, 2016 jointly by a company official and the
State Workforce Official on behalf of workers of Rough and
Ready Lumber LLC, Cave Junction, Oregon. The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of lumber.
Workers of Rough and Ready Lumber LLC, Cave Junction,
Oregon were covered under a previous certification, TA-W-
82,688, which expired on May, 31, 2015.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm.
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 lumber by Rough and Ready Lumber LLC,
Cave Junction, Oregon have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Rough and Ready Lumber LLC, Cave Junction,
Oregon have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Rough and Ready Lumber LLC, Cave Junction, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Rough and Ready
Lumber LLC, Cave Junction, Oregon, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of lumber 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 Rough and Ready Lumber LLC, Cave Junction,
Oregon, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 1, 2015 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 16th day of May 2016.
/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance