DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,592

BOISE WHITE PAPER, LLC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF BOISE PAPER HOLDINGS, LLC.
ST. HELENS, OREGON

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on May 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Boise White
Paper, LLC., a subsidiary of Boise Paper Holdings, LLC., St.
Helens, Oregon. Workers are engaged in the production of paper
and pulp.
The investigation revealed that workers at the subject
firm, who are engaged in employment related to the production of
paper and pulp, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion (1) has been met because a significant
proportion of workers have become separated from employment
during the relevant period.
Criterion (2)(A)(i) has been met because both the sales
and production of the firm have decreased absolutely.
Criterion (2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with the articles produced
by the firm have increased.
Criterion (2)(A)(iii) has been met because the increased
imports by Boise White Paper, LLC. contributed importantly to
worker group separation at the St. Helens, Oregon facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boise White Paper,
LLC., a subsidiary of Boise Paper Holdings, LLC., St. Helens,
Oregon meet the worker group certification criteria under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance
with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the
following certification:
"All workers of Boise White Paper, LLC., a subsidiary of
Boise Paper Holdings, LLC., St. Helens, Oregon, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 19, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 14th day of December, 2009

/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance