DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,484

ANTHONY TIMBERLANDS, INC.

BEIRNE, 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(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 December 17, 2019 by a state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Anthony Timberlands, Inc., Beirne, Arkansas. The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of upper grade oak lumber furniture, lower grade oak lumber
hardwood flooring, railroad ties, hardwood chips, pallet cants,
pallets, mixed hardwood lumber, and mats.

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)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of upper grade oak lumber furniture, lower grade
oak lumber hardwood flooring, railroad ties, hardwood chips,
pallet cants, pallets, mixed hardwood lumber, and mats by Anthony
Timberlands, Inc., Beirne, Arkansas have decreased.

Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by Anthony Timberlands, Inc., Beirne, Arkansas have increased.

Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Anthony Timberlands,
Inc., Beirne, Arkansas.

Conclusion

After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Anthony Timberlands,
Inc., Beirne, Arkansas, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of upper grade oak lumber furniture, lower grade
oak lumber hardwood flooring, railroad ties, hardwood chips,
pallet cants, pallets, mixed hardwood lumber, and mats 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 Anthony Timberlands, Inc., Beirne, Arkansas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after December 16, 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 5th day of March, 2021


/s/ Jessica R. Webster
_______________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER

Certifying Officer, Office of

Trade Adjustment Assistance