DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-96,059

ARAUCO NORTH AMERICA, INC.
DURAFLAKE FACILITY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARAUCO CANADA LIMITED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECTEMP EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
ALBANY, OREGON

TA-W-96,059A

ARAUCO NORTH AMERICA, INC.
ALBANY TREATING AND LAMINATION FACILITY
A SUBSIDIARY OF ARAUCO CANADA LIMITED
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECTEMP EMPLOYMENT
SERVICES AND EXPRESS EMPLOYMENT PROFESSIONALS
ALBANY, 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 July 16, 2020 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Arauco North America, Inc., Duraflake Facility, a
subsidiary of Arauco Canada Limited, including on-site leased
workers from Selectemp Employment Services and Express
Employment Professionals, Albany, Oregon (TA-W-96,059; Arauco-
Duraflake Facility) and Arauco North America, Inc., Albany
Treating and Lamination Facility, a subsidiary of Arauco
Canada Limited, including on-site leased workers from
Selectemp Employment Services and Express Employment
Professionals, Albany, Oregon (TA-W-96,059A; Arauco-Treating
and Lamination Facility). Workers at Arauco-Duraflake Facility
are engaged in activities related to the production of
particleboard and thermal fused laminate (TFL). Workers at
Arauco-Treating and Lamination Facility are engaged in
activities related to the production of thermal fused laminate
(TFL) and melamine paper.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the petition.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Arauco-Duraflake Facility
and Arauco-Treating and Lamination Facility 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 articles
like or directly competitive with the articles produced by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Arauco-Duraflake Facility and Arauco-Treating
and Lamination Facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Arauco-Duraflake
Facility and Arauco-Treating and Lamination Facility, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of
particleboard, thermal fused laminate, and/or melamine paper,
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 Arauco North America, Inc., Duraflake
Facility, a subsidiary of Arauco Canada Limited, including
on-site leased workers from Selectemp Employment Services
and Express Employment Professionals, Albany, Oregon (TA-
W-96,059) and Arauco North America, Inc., Albany Treating
and Lamination Facility, a subsidiary of Arauco Canada
Limited, including on-site leased workers from Selectemp
Employment Services and Express Employment Professionals,
Albany, Oregon (TA-W-96,059A), who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after July 15,
2019 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 6th day of November 2020.

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