DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,713

SDS LUMBER COMPANY
PLYWOOD DIVISION
BINGEN, WASHINGTON


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance
In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974
(19 USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness
Act of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of an investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on January 22, 2002 in
response to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of
workers at SDS Lumber Company, Plywood Division, Bingen,
Washington. The workers are engaged in activity related to the
production of plywood.
The investigation revealed that the subject company does not
import plywood.
The subject company conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of plywood.

The survey revealed an increase in customer import purchases
of plywood during the period of production and employment decline
at the subject company.
Currently, there is a NAFTA-TAA petition investigation
pending on behalf of the workers of SDS Lumber Company, Plywood
Division, Bingen, Washington, NAFTA-5730.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at SDS Lumber
Company, Plywood Division, Bingen, Washington, contributed
importantly to the decline in production and to the total or
partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of SDS Lumber Company, Plywood Division,
Bingen, Washington, engaged in the production of plywood,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after January 9, 2001, through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assis-
tance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974."

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 22nd day of February 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance