DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,813

S. D. WARREN COMPANY
D/B/A SAPPI FINE PAPER NORTH AMERICA
WESTBROOK, MAINE

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents the results of
its 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 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 determined in this case that the requirements of (a)(2)(A) of
Section 222 have been met - the sales and/or production have
decreased absolutely at the workers firm or subdivision and an
increase in imports of articles like or directly competitive with
articles produced by the workers' firm or subdivision contributed
importantly to workers' separation or threat of separation and to
the decline in the sales or production of the subject firm or
subdivision.
The investigation was initiated on May 19, 2003 in response to
a petition filed by the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical, and
Energy Workers, Local 1-1069, on behalf of workers at S. D. Warren
Company d/b/a Sappi Fine Paper North America, Westbrook, Maine.
The workers at the subject firm produce fine coated paper.
The investigation revealed that sales, production, and
employment at the subject firm declined absolutely from 2001 to
2002 and during the period of January through March of 2003, when
compared to the same period in 2002.
The investigation further revealed that company imports of
fine coated paper increased absolutely during the relevant period.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with fine coated paper produced at S.
D. Warren Company d/b/a Sappi Fine Paper North America, Westbrook,
Maine contributed importantly to the total or partial separation of
workers and to the decline in sales or production and at that firm
or subdivision. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I
make the following certification:
"All workers of S. D. Warren Company d/b/a Sappi Fine Paper
North America, Westbrook, Maine who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after May 12, 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."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 12th day of June, 2003.


/s/ Linda G. Poole


_____________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance