DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,911

COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS
TRUMANN, ARKANSAS

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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by
the International Trade Commission as a member of a
domestic industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section
705(b)(1)(A) or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and
1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period
beginning on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the
President by the International Trade Commission
under section 202(f)(1) with respect to the
affirmative determination described in paragraph
(1)(A) is published in the Federal Register under
section 202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described
in subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on June 22, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Columbia Forest Products, including on-site leased
workers from All in a Day Temporary Services, Inc. (A.I.D.),
Trumann, Arkansas. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of hardwood plywood.
The investigation revealed that, on December 27, 2017, the
International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reason of imports
of hardwood plywood from China. A petition has been filed on
behalf of workers of Columbia Forest Products, Trumann,
Arkansas. That firm was publicly identified by name by the ITC
as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation resulting
in a category of determination that is listed in Section
222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that
determination was published in the Federal Register on December
27, 2017, which is within one year of the date of the petition
filed requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA)
certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Columbia Forest
Products, Trumann, Arkansas, engaged in activities related to
the production of hardwood plywood, meet the requirements of
Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Columbia Forest Products, including on-
site leased workers from All in a Day Temporary Services,
Inc. (A.I.D.), Trumann, Arkansas, who became totally or
partially separated from that employment on or after
December 27, 2016, through December 27, 2018, 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 28th day of September 2018.

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance