DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,689

WARM SPRINGS FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES
WARM SPRINGS, 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 April 13, 2016 by the State Workforce Office on behalf
of workers of Warm Springs Forest Products Industries, Warm
Springs, Oregon (Warm Springs Forest Products Industries). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of lumber.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the workers' firm's major
declining customer(s), the United States International Trade
Commission, and publicly available sources.
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 by Warm Springs Forest Products Industries
have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the lumber produced
by Warm Springs Forest Products Industries have increased
during the relevant period as compared to the representative
base period.
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 Warm Springs
Forest Products Industries.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Warm Springs Forest
Products Industries, 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 Warm Springs Forest Products Industries,
Warm Springs, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after April 12, 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 2nd day of June 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance