DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-54,583

PASADENA PAPER COMPANY, LP
PASADENA, TEXAS

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade 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 March 24, 2004 in response
to a petition filed by the Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical &
Energy Workers International Union, Local 4-1 on behalf of workers
at Pasadena Paper Company, LP, Pasadena, Texas. The workers
manufacture coated freesheet paper (C1S & C2S printing & technical
specialty paper).
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased during the period of the
investigation.
The U.S. Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major customers regarding their purchases of coated
freesheet paper (C1S & C2S printing & technical specialty paper)
during 2002, 2003 and January through March 2003-2004. The survey
revealed that respondents increased their imports during the
relevant period.
In addition, in order for the Department to issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for ATAA, the group
eligibility requirements of Section 246 of the Trade Act must be
met. The Department has determined in this case that the
requirements of Section 246 have been met.
A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or
over and possess skills that are not easily transferable.
Competitive conditions within the industry are adverse.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of coated
freesheet paper (C1S & C2S printing & technical specialty paper)
produced at Pasadena Paper Company, LP, Pasadena, Texas contributed
importantly to the total or partial separation of workers and to
the decline in sales or production at that firm or subdivision. In
accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Pasadena Paper Company, LP, Pasadena, Texas,
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 1, 2003 through two years from the date of
certification are eligible to apply for adjustment assistance
under Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C., this 7th day of April, 2004.

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