DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,210

VERSO PAPER CORPORATION
SARTELL MILL DIVISION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
SECURITAS SECURITY SERVICES, MANPOWER, INC.,
BANICK LOGGING, INC., BECK LUMBER COMPANY, BELL TIMBER, INC.,
BENSON TIMBER, INC., BIG H LOGGING, DEMENGE TRUCKING & FOREST
PRODUCTS, LLC, DICK WALSH FOREST PRODUCTS, DOBBS LOGGING, INC.,
DOUGLAS HUSTAD LOGGING, DUKEK LOGGING, INC. - DUKEK TRUCKING,
INC., EDIN LOGGING, INC., ENBERG LOGGING SUPPLY, GREAT NORTHERN
LOGGING, INC., GREGERSON LOGGING, HAVERINEN BROTHERS LOGGING,
HODGDEN LOGGING, INC., HOLDEN LOGGING, HUFNAGLE FOREST RESOURCES,
LLC, JOHNSON TIMBER HARVESTING, INC., KIMBALL LOGGING, INC., KOSKI
WOOD SERVICES, LARSON LUMBER COMPANY, LOVDAHL & SONS, LLC,
LUNDBERG FOREST PRODUCTS, INC., MCCABE FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.,
NELSON BROTHERS LOGGING, LLC, NORTH SHORE FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.,
NORTHERN LOGGING, INC., NORTHLAND TIMBER COMPANY, OLSON FOREST
PRODUCTS, PELLAND LOGGING, INC., RICHARD DUKEK LOGGING, INC.,
RIVERDALE ENVIRONMENTAL SVCS, INC., RON WEISS LOGGING, INC., ROY
LUNDMARK COMPANY, SAWYER ENTERPRISE, LLC, SAWYER TIMBER CO., LLP,
SHAWN FLETCHER TRUCKING, SKOE LUMBER COMPANY, TIMBERLINE TRUCKING,
INC., TROUT ENTERPRISE, INC., AND WOOD FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.
AND INCLUDING BRYCE KOWALZEK AND TED KROMY
SARTELL, MINNESOTA

Amended 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 issued
a Certification of Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment
Assistance on February 1, 2012, applicable to workers and former
workers of Verso Paper Corporation, Sartell Mill Division,
Sartell, Minnesota (Verso). The subject firm worker group did not
include on-site leased workers. The workers’ firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of coated mechanical and
supercalendered paper for various commercial printing
applications.
Based on information provided in a later-filed petition, the
Department reviewed the certification for Verso.
Additional information provided by the company official and
the State of Minnesota revealed that the subject worker group
includes on-site leased workers from several commercial entities
as well as two on-site contractors (Bryce Kowalzek and Ted
Kromy). The certification is being amended to reflect this new
information.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of Verso who have met the appropriate TAA criteria.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include on-site leased workers from Securitas
Security Services, Manpower, Inc., Banick Logging, Inc., Beck
Lumber Company, Bell Timber, Inc., Benson Timber, Inc., Big H
Logging, Demenge Trucking & Forest Products, LLC, Dick Walsh
Forest Products, Dobbs Logging, Inc., Douglas Hustad Logging,
Dukek Logging, Inc. - Dukek Trucking, Inc., Edin Logging, Inc.,
Enberg Logging Supply, Great Northern Logging, Inc., Gregerson
Logging, Haverinen Brothers Logging, Hodgden Logging, Inc.,
Holden Logging, Hufnagle Forest Resources, LLC, Johnson Timber
Harvesting, Inc., Kimball Logging, Inc., Koski Wood Services,
Larson Lumber Company, Lovdahl & Sons, LLC, Lundberg Forest
Products, Inc., McCabe Forest Products, Inc., Nelson Brothers
Logging LLC, North Shore Forest Products, Inc., Northern
Logging, Inc., Northland Timber Company, Olson Forest Products,
Pelland Logging, Inc., Richard Dukek Logging, Inc., Riverdale
Environmental Services, Inc., Ron Weiss Logging, Inc., Roy
Lundmark Company, Sawyer Enterprise, LLC, Sawyer Timber Co., LLP,
Shawn Fletcher Trucking, Skoe Lumber Company, Timberline
Trucking, Inc., Trout Enterprise, Inc., and Wood Forest Products,
Inc., and including two individuals (Bryce Kowalzek and Ted
Kromy), Sartell, Minnesota.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-81,210 is hereby
issued as follows:










“All workers of Verso Paper Corporation, Sartell Mill
Division, Sartell, Minnesota, including on-site leased
workers from Securitas Security Services, Manpower, Inc.,
Banick Logging, Inc., Beck Lumber Company, Bell Timber,
Inc., Benson Timber, Inc., Big H Logging, Demenge Trucking &
Forest Products, LLC, Dick Walsh Forest Products, Dobbs
Logging, Inc., Douglas Hustad Logging, Dukek Logging, Inc. -
Dukek Trucking, Inc., Edin Logging, Inc., Enberg Logging
Supply, Great Northern Logging, Inc., Gregerson Logging,
Haverinen Brothers Logging, Hodgden Logging, Inc., Holden
Logging, Hufnagle Forest Resources, LLC, Johnson Timber
Harvesting, Inc., Kimball Logging, Inc., Koski Wood
Services, Larson Lumber Company, Lovdahl & Sons, LLC,
Lundberg Forest Products, Inc., McCabe Forest Products,
Inc., Nelson Brothers Logging LLC, North Shore Forest
Products, Inc., Northern Logging, Inc., Northland Timber
Company, Olson Forest Products, Pelland Logging, Inc.,
Richard Dukek Logging, Inc., Riverdale Environmental
Services, Inc., Ron Weiss Logging, Inc., Roy Lundmark
Company, Sawyer Enterprise, LLC, Sawyer Timber Co., LLP,
Shawn Fletcher Trucking, Skoe Lumber Company, Timberline
Trucking, Inc., Trout Enterprise, Inc., and Wood Forest
Products, Inc., and including Bryce Kowalzek and Ted Kromy,
Sartell, Minnesota, who became totally or partially
separated from that employment on or after December 27, 2012
through February 1, 2012, and all workers in the group
threatened with total or partial separation from February 1,
2012 through February 1, 2014, 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 5th day of November, 2012

/s/ Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance
4510-FN-P


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-81,210

VERSO PAPER CORPORATION
SARTELL MILL DIVISION
SARTELL, MINNESOTA

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) 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;

(2) 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

(3) 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(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), 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 by a state workforce office on January 4, 2012 on behalf of
workers of Verso Paper Corporation, Sartell Mill, Sartell,
Minnesota (Verso). The workers’ firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of coated mechanical and
supercalendered paper for various commercial applications.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers’ firm.
Section 222(b)(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(b)(2) has been met because Verso is a Supplier
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 is related to the finished
article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Verso with the afore-mentioned firm contributed
importantly to the worker separations at Sartell, Minnesota.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Verso, who are engaged
in activities related to the production of coated mechanical and
supercalendered paper, meet the worker group certification
criteria under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:
“All workers of Verso Paper Corporation, Sartell Mill,
Sartell, Minnesota, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after February 13, 2010,
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 1st day of February, 2012

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