DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-72,334

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
SHREVEPORT ACCOUNTING CENTER
SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA

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:
I. The first criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(1) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(1)) requires that a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm
must have become totally or partially separated or be
threatened with total or partial separation.

II. The second criterion (set forth in Section 222(a)(2) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a)(2)) may be satisfied if either:

(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers' firm to a
foreign country in the production of articles or
supply of services like or directly competitive with
those produced/supplied by the workers' firm; OR
(i)(II) there has been an acquisition from a foreign
country by the workers' firm of articles/services that
are like or directly competitive with those
produced/supplied by the workers' firm.

III. The third criterion requires that the shift/acquisition
must have contributed importantly to the workers'
separation or threat of separation. See Section
222(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. §
2272(a)(2)(B)(ii).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 17, 2009, by a Louisiana Rapid Response
Coordinator, on behalf of workers of International Paper
Company, Shreveport Accounting Center, Shreveport, Louisiana.
The workers provide accounting services.
The investigation revealed that workers of International
Paper Company, Shreveport Accounting Center, Shreveport,
Louisiana, who are engaged in employment related to providing
accounting services, meet the criteria for certification.
Criterion I has been met because a significant number or
proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have become
totally or partially separated.
Criterion II has been satisfied because International
Paper Company, Shreveport, Louisiana, is acquiring accounting
services from an affiliated vendor in Poland.
Criterion III has been met because the acquisition of
accounting services from a foreign country by International
Paper Company, Shreveport, Louisiana, contributed importantly
to worker group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of International Paper
Company, Shreveport Accounting Center, Shreveport, Louisiana,
who are engaged in activities related to providing accounting
services 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 International Paper Company, Shreveport
Accounting Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
September 16, 2008, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on 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 23rd day of February 2010.


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