DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,509

OMAK FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC
INCLUDING WORKERS WHOSE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (UI) WAGES ARE
REPORTED UNDER OMAK WOOD PRODUCTS
OMAK, WASHINGTON


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 28, 2016 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Omak Forest Products, LLC, Omak, Washington
(Omak). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the
production of plywood and veneer. The subject worker group
includes workers whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages are
reported under Omak Wood Products. Workers are not separately
identifiable by the article produced. The subject worker group
does not include on-site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and public sources.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Omak 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 plywood and veneer by Omak have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
plywood and veneer produced by Omak have increased during the
relevant period when compared to the representative base period.
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 Omak.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Omak, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of plywood and 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 Omak Forest Products, LLC, including workers
whose unemployment insurance (UI) wages are reported under
Omak Wood Products, Omak, Washington, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after December 23,
2015 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 1th day of March 2017.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
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DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance