DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-94,316

COLUMBIA FOREST PRODUCTS
BOARDMAN, 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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of articles
or supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 8, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Columbia Forest Products, Boardman, Oregon. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of veneer.
The subject firm was previously certified eligible to apply
for Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) under TA-W-94,020
(certification expired on December 27, 2018).
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petitioner.
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)(B) has been met because the workers' firm
has shifted to a foreign country the production of an article like
or directly competitive with the article produced by the workers
which contributed importantly to worker group separations at
Columbia Forest Products, Boardman, Oregon.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Columbia Forest
Products, Boardman, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of veneer 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 Columbia Forest Products, Boardman, Oregon,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 28, 2018 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 10th day of January 2019.

/s/Jessica R. Webster
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JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance