DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

	Employment and Training Administration

	TA-W-72,760

	GEORGIA-PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC 
FORDYCE PLYWOOD
FORDYCE, 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 November 4, 2009 by a state workforce official on 
behalf of workers of Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC, 
Fordyce Plywood, Fordyce, Arkansas.  The workers produce 
Southern yellow pine plywood.  
      The investigation revealed that workers of Georgia-Pacific 
Wood Products, LLC who are engaged in employment related to 
production of plywood meet the criteria for certification.  
      Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant 
number of the workers have been separated.  
      Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales 
and production of Southern yellow pine plywood by Georgia-
Pacific Wood Products LLC have decreased absolutely.  
      Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer 
imports of articles like or directly competitive with Southern 
yellow pine plywood have increased.    
      Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because 
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the 
worker group separations and sales/production declines at 
Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC. 
Conclusion
	After careful review of the facts obtained in the 
investigation, I determine that workers of Georgia-Pacific Wood 
Products, LLC, Fordyce Plywood, Fordyce, Arkansas, who are 
engaged in employment related to production of Southern yellow 
pine plywood 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 Georgia-Pacific Wood Products, LLC, 
Fordyce Plywood, Fordyce, Arkansas, who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after November 3, 
2008, 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 2nd day of June, 2010

						/s/Michael W. Jaffe
                                    ______________________________
                                    MICHAEL W. JAFFE
                                    Certifying Officer, Division of 
                                    Trade Adjustment Assistance