DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-59,338

INTERNATIONAL PAPER
PENSACOLA MILL
CANTONMENT, FLORIDA

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 May 8, 2006 in response to
a petition filed by a United Steelworkers of America representative
on behalf of workers at International Paper, Pensacola Mill,
Cantonment, Florida. The workers at the subject firm produce
uncoated freesheet and fluff pulp; they are not separately
identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject firm decreased from 2004 to 2005 and
again during the period of January through April 2006 over the
corresponding 2005 period.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm's major
declining customers regarding their purchases of uncoated freesheet
during 2004, 2005 and January through June 2006 over the
corresponding 2005 period. The survey revealed increased imports
of uncoated freesheet during the relevant period.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 of the Trade Act
of 1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance
(ATAA) for older workers.
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 determine that an increase in imports of articles
like or directly competitive with uncoated freesheet produced at
the subject firm 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 International Paper, Pensacola Mill,
Cantonment, Florida, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after May 5, 2005 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 15th day of August 2006.



/s/ Elliott S. Kushner

_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance