DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-80,375

NEWTON FALLS FINE PAPER COMPANY LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF SCOTIA NEWTON, INC.
NEWTON FALLS, NEW YORK

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 August 17, 2011 by three workers on behalf of workers
of Newton Falls Fine Paper Company, a subsidiary of Scotia
Newton, Inc., Newton Falls, New York. The workers’ firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of coated free
sheet fine paper.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers’ firm and several of its customers.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because 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.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of coated free sheet fine paper by Newton
Falls Fine Paper Company have decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
and aggregate U.S. imports of articles like or directly
competitive with the articles produced by Newton Falls Fine
Paper Company have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer and aggregate U.S. imports contributed
importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Newton Falls Fine Paper Company.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Newton Falls Fine
Paper Company, a subsidiary of Scotia Newton, Inc., Newton
Falls, New York, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of coated free sheet fine paper 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 Newton Falls Fine Paper Company, a
subsidiary of Scotia Newton, Inc., Newton Falls, New York,
who became totally or partially separated from employment
on or after August 15, 2011, 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 25th day of January, 2012

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