DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-74,237

TEMPLE-INLAND
EVANSVILLE, INDIANA

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 June 11, 2010 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Temple-Inland, Evansville, Indiana. The workers
produced corrugated boxes.
The investigation revealed that workers of Temple-Inland,
Evansville, Indiana, who are engaged in employment related to
the production of corrugated boxes, meet the criteria for
certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
proportion or number of workers at Temple-Inland, Evansville,
Indiana have been totally or partially separated, or threatened
with such separation, during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because sales and/or
production of corrugated boxes at Temple-Inland, Evansville,
Indiana have declined absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with corrugated boxes
produced by Temple-Inland have increased during the relevant
period. Specifically, a survey conducted by the Department of
Labor revealed that major declining customers of the subject
firm curtailed all purchases from Temple-Inland, Evansville,
Indiana, have acquired the boxes from foreign sources, and bring
into the United States those foreign-produced boxes.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of corrugated boxes contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at the Evansville, Indiana facility.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Temple-Inland,
Evansville, Indiana, 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 Temple-Inland, Evansville, Indiana, who
became totally or partially separated from employment on or
after June 7, 2009, 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 23rd day of August, 2010


/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance