DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-51,869

CURTIS PAPERS, INC.
MILFORD, NEW JERSEY

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, 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 investigation was initiated on May 28, 2003, in response
to a petition filed by a company official on behalf of workers of
Curtis Papers, Inc., Milford, New Jersey. The workers at the
subject firm produce uncoated specialty paper, such as transparency
bonds and quilon treated paper.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased from January through April 2003 when
compared to the same period in 2002.


The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of uncoated paper.
This survey revealed increases in imports of uncoated paper, such
as transparency bonds and quilon treated paper during the period
under investigation.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with uncoated specialty paper produced
at Curtis Papers, Inc., Milford, New Jersey, 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 Curtis Papers, Inc., Milford, New Jersey, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after May 19, 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 23rd day of June, 2003.

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