DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,035

GEORGIA PACIFIC LLC
ALSO DOING BUSINESS AS DULUTH HARDBOARD PLANT
SPECIALTY MANUFACTURING DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF KOCH INDUSTRIES
DULUTH, 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(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 October 3, 2012 by a Minnesota state workforce
official on behalf of workers of Georgia Pacific, LLC, also
doing business as Duluth Hardboard Plant, Specialty
Manufacturing Division, a subsidiary of Koch Industries,
Duluth, Minnesota (subject firm). The workers' firm is
engaged in activities related to the production of hardboard.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and publically available
data.
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 hardboard by the subject firm have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because aggregate
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
hardboard produced by the subject firm have increased during
the relevant period.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at subject firm.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Georgia Pacific,
LLC, Specialty Manufacturing Division, a subsidiary of Koch
Industries, Duluth, Minnesota, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of hardboard, 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 Georgia Pacific, LLC, also doing business
as Duluth Hardboard Plant, Specialty Manufacturing
Division, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, Duluth,
Minnesota, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after October 2, 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 14th day of February, 2013

/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
Del Min Amy Chen
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance