DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,709

CARAUSTAR INDUSTRIES
YORK CARTON PLANT
YORK, PENNSYLVANIA

Amended 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), and Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 USC
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor issued a Certification
of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and
Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance on February 14, 2007,
applicable to workers of Caraustar Custom Packaging Group, Inc.,
Austell, Georgia. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on February 27, 2007 (72 FR 8794).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. The workers
are engaged in the production of folding cartons.
New information shows that the correct name and location of
the subject firm should read Caraustar Industries, York Carton
Plant, York, Pennsylvania.
Caraustar Custom Packaging Group, Inc., Austell, Georgia,
the parent firm of Caraustar Industries, was inadvertently stated
as the subject firm of this investigation in the original
certification and is not the subject firm of this investigation.
The investigation that was conducted was correctly conducted
on behalf of the workers of Caraustar Industries, York Carton
Plant, York, Pennsylvania.
Accordingly, the Department is amending this certification
to correct the subject firm name, city and state.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Caraustar Industries, York Carton Plant who were
adversely affected by customer imports.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-60,709 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Caraustar Industries, York Carton
Plant, York, Pennsylvania, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after
December 20, 2005 through February 14, 2009, 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 at Washington, D.C. this 6th day of April 2007.

/s/ Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division
of Trade Adjustment Assistance

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-60,709

CARAUSTAR CUSTOM PACKAGING GROUP, INC.
AUSTELL, GEORGIA

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 January 5, 2007 in response
to a petition filed by a state workforce representative on behalf
of workers at Caraustar Custom Packaging Group, Inc., Austell,
Georgia. The workers at the subject firm produce folding cartons;
they are not separately identifiable by articles produced.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment at the
subject firm decreased from 2005 to 2006.
The Department of Labor surveyed the subject firm’s major
declining customer regarding its purchases of folding cartons
during 2005 and 2006. The survey revealed increased imports of
folding cartons during the period under investigation.
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 folding cartons produced by 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 Caraustar Custom Packaging Group, Inc.,
Austell, Georgia, who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after December 20, 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 14th day of February 2007


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
_______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assist




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