DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,845

OLYMPIC PANEL PRODUCTS LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEW WOOD RESOURCES LLC
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS
FROM EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
SHELTON, 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(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 May 25, 2016 on behalf of workers of Olympic Panel
Products LLC, a subsidiary of New Wood Resources LLC,
including on-site leased workers from Express Employment
Professionals, Shelton, Washington (Olympic). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
specialty overlaid plywood.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the major declining customers
of the workers' firm, and public 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 sales and/or
production at Olympic have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
specialty overlaid plywood produced by Olympic have increased
during the relevant period when 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 Olympic.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Olympic, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of specialty
overlaid plywood, 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 Olympic Panel Products LLC, a subsidiary
of New Wood Resources LLC, including on-site leased
workers from Express Employment Professionals, Shelton,
Washington, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 24, 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 September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance