DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,324

KATAHDIN PAPER COMPANY LLC
PULP MILL
EAST MILLINOCKET, MAINE

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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
I. a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the
firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially
separated;

II. the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who
received a certification of eligibility under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such
supply or production is related to the article or
service that was the basis for such certification; and

III. either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm; or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the firm
described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly to
the workers' separation or threat of separation.

Section 222(d) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(d), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 16, 2009 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Katahdin Paper Company LLC, Pulp Mill, East
Millinocket, Maine. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of wood pulp.
The investigation revealed that workers of Katahdin Paper
Company LLC, Pulp Mill, East Millinocket, Maine who are
engaged in activities related to the production of wood pulp
meet the criteria as suppliers for secondary worker
certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant proportion
of the workers were laid off and the firm plans further
layoffs in the next three months.
Criterion II has been satisfied because the workers of
Katahdin Paper Company LLC, Pulp Mill, East Millinocket, Maine
produced and sold wood pulp to Katahdin Paper Company LLC to
be incorporated into super-calendered uncoated mechanical
Paper. Workers of Katahdin Paper Company LLC are covered by a
Trade Adjustment Assistance certification (TA-W-63,953) based
on increased imports of products like or directly competitive
with super-calendered uncoated mechanical paper.
Criterion III has been met because the loss of business
by Katahdin Paper Company LLC, Pulp Mill, East Millinocket,
Maine with respect to super-calendered uncoated mechanical
paper sold to Katahdin Paper Company, LLC contributed
importantly to worker separations at Katahdin Paper Company
LLC, Paper Mill, East Millinocket, Maine.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Katahdin Paper
Company LLC, Pulp Mill, East Millinocket, Maine, who are
engaged in activities related to the production of wood pulp
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 Katahdin Paper Company LLC, Pulp Mill,
East Millinocket, Maine, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after September 15, 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 10th day of November, 2009.



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