DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-50,634

INTERNATIONAL PAPER
HOPKINSVILLE, KENTUCKY

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), 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 cer-
tification of eligibility to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance,
the group eligibility requirements in either paragraph (a)(2)(A) or
(a)(2)(B) of Section 222 of the Trade Act must be met. It is deter-
mined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(B) of Section
222 have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition re-
ceived on January 22, 2003 and filed by a company official on be-
half of workers at International Paper, Hopkinsville, Kentucky. The
workers produced folding cartons for the food service industry.
The investigation revealed that the company shifted production
from the subject facility to a country under free trade agreement
with the U.S. The subject facility will be closed at the end of the
first quarter 2003.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga-
tion, I conclude that there was a shift in production from the
workers' firm or subdivision to Canada of articles that are like or
directly competitive with those produced by the subject firm or
subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of International Paper, Hopkinsville, Kentucky
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after January 20, 2002 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 19th day of February, 2003

/s/ Richard Church
______________________________
RICHARD CHURCH
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance