DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,039

ROSEBURG FOREST PRODUCTS
HARDWOOD PLYWOOD DIVISION
DILLARD, 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(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 August 2, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Roseburg Forest Products, Hardwood Plywood
Division, Dillard, Oregon (herein referred to as "Roseburg").
The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of engineered wood, lumber, softwood plywood, panels
and laminate. The subject worker group is engaged in activities
related to the production of hardwood plywood panels used in
the manufacturing of decorative panels, cabinetry, furniture,
fixtures, moldings, and millwork.
The investigation revealed that on December 27, 2017, the
International Trade Commission found that "an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
hardwood plywood from China." These imports were found "to be
sold in the United States at less than fair value, and to be
subsidized by the government of China." A petition has been
filed on behalf of workers of Roseburg Forest Products. That
firm was publicly identified by name by the International Trade
Commission 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 Roseburg Forest
Products, Hardwood Plywood Division, Dillard, Oregon, engaged
in activities related to the production of hardwood plywood
panels 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 Roseburg Forest Products, Hardwood Plywood
Division, Dillard, Oregon, who became totally or partially
separated from that employment on or after December 27,
2016, through the date of the certification and who become
totally or partially separated from that employment from
the date of the certification 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 5th day of October 2018.

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