DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,156

SIERRA PACIFIC INDUSTRIES
ARCATA, CALIFORNIA

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 September 21, 2018 by a State Workforce Office on
behalf of workers and former workers of Sierra Pacific
Industries, Arcata, California (Sierra Pacific-Arcata). Workers
of Sierra Pacific-Arcata are/were engaged in activities related
to the production of lumber. The worker group does not include
on-site leased workers.
The investigation revealed that, on December 28, 2017, the
International Trade Commission (ITC) found that an industry in
the United States is materially injured by reason of imports
of softwood lumber from Canada. A petition has been filed on
behalf of workers of Sierra Pacific Industries, Arcata,
California. 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 28, 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 Sierra Pacific
Industries, Arcata, California, who are/were engaged in
activities related to the production of lumber, 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 Sierra Pacific Industries, Arcata,
California who became totally or partially separated from
that employment on or after December 28, 2016 through
December 28, 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 1st day of February 2019.

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