DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,922

SEATTLE-SNOHOMISH MILL CO., INC.
SNOHOMISH, 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 June 15, 2016 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Seattle-Snohomish Mill Co., Inc., Snohomish,
Washington. Seattle-Snohomish Co., Inc., Snohomish, Washington
is engaged in activities related to the production of lumber
used in housing, construction, and infrastructure applications.
During the course of the investigation, the Department
reviewed information from the workers' firm, the petitioner,
the subject firm's major declining customer(s), and public
sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at Seattle-Snohomish Mill
Co., Inc., Snohomish, Washington 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 Seattle-Snohomish Mill Co., Inc., Snohomish,
Washington have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
lumber produced by Seattle-Snohomish Mill Co., Inc.,
Snohomish, Washington have increased 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 Seattle-Snohomish
Mill Co., Inc., Snohomish, Washington.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Seattle-Snohomish
Mill Co. Inc., Snohomish, Washington, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of lumber used in housing,
construction, and infrastructure applications, 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 Seattle-Snohomish Mill Co. Inc.,
Snohomish, Washington, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after June 14, 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 18th day of August 2017.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
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HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance