DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,845

BOISE CASCADE COMPANY
WOOD PRODUCTS DIVISION
ELGIN, 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 May 29, 2018 by the Carpenters Industrial Council
(CIC), local 2784, on behalf of workers of Boise Cascade
Company, Wood Products Division, Elgin, Oregon. The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the production of
softwood lumber.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, and the
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/or production of softwood lumber by Boise Cascade Company,
Elgin, 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 Boise Cascade Company, Wood Products
Division, Elgin, 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
Boise Cascade Company, Wood Products Division, Elgin, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boise Cascade
Company, Wood Products Division, Elgin, Oregon, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of softwood 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 Boise Cascade Company, Wood Products
Division, Elgin, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after May 25, 2017 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 31st day of October 2018.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance