DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-82,496

NEWPAGE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING
MIAMISBURG, OHIO

TA-W-82,496A

NEWPAGE WISCONSIN SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
DULUTH, MINNESOTA

TA-W-82,496B

NEWPAGE WISCONSIN SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN

TA-W-82,496C

NEWPAGE WISCONSIN SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING
WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WISCONSIN

TA-W-82,496D

LUKE PAPER COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING
LUKE, MARYLAND

TA-W-82,496E

RUMFORD PAPER COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING
RUMFORD, MAINE





TA-W-82,496F

NEWPAGE WISCONSIN SYSTEMS, INC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
BIRON, WISCONSIN

TA-W-82,496G

WICKLIFFEPAPER COMPANY, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING
WICKLIFFE, KENTUCKY

TA-W-82,496H

ESCANABA PAPER COMPANY
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
ESCANABA, MICHIGAN

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 February 25, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of NewPage Corporation, including on-site leased
workers from Select Staffing, Miamisburg, Ohio (TA-W-82,496),
NewPage Wisconsin Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of NewPage
Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota (TA-W-82,496A), NewPage
Wisconsin Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of NewPage Corporation,
Stevens Point, Wisconsin (TA-W-82,496B), NewPage Wisconsin
Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Select Staffing, Wisconsin Rapids,
Wisconsin (TA-W-82,496C), Luke Paper Company, a subsidiary of
NewPage Corporation, including on-site leased workers from
Select Staffing, Luke, Maryland (TA-W-82,496D), Rumford Paper
Company, a subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, including on-
site leased workers from Select Staffing, Rumford, Maine (TA-
W-82,496E), NewPage Wisconsin Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of
NewPage Corporation, Biron, Wisconsin (TA-W-82,496F),
WickliffePaper Company, LLC, a subsidiary of NewPage
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing, Wickliffe, Kentucky (TA-W-82,496G), and Escanaba
Paper Company, a subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, Escanaba,
Michigan (TA-W-82,496H). The workers' firm is engaged in
activities related to the production of printing and specialty
papers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's 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 of
printing and specialty papers by NewPage Corporation have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
reliance on imports of articles like or directly competitive
with the articles produced by NewPage Corporation have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer reliance on imports contributed importantly
to the worker group separations and sales/production declines
at NewPage Corporation.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of NewPage Corporation
at the locations listed below, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of printing and specialty papers, 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 NewPage Corporation, including on-site
leased workers from Select Staffing, Miamisburg, Ohio
(TA-W-82,496), NewPage Wisconsin Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, Duluth, Minnesota (TA-
W-82,496A), NewPage Wisconsin Systems, Inc., a subsidiary
of NewPage Corporation, Stevens Point, Wisconsin (TA-W-
82,496B), NewPage Wisconsin Systems, Inc., a subsidiary
of NewPage Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from Select Staffing, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (TA-W-
82,496C), Luke Paper Company, a subsidiary of NewPage
Corporation, including on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing, Luke, Maryland (TA-W-82,496D), Rumford Paper
Company, a subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, including
on-site leased workers from Select Staffing, Rumford,
Maine (TA-W-82,496E), NewPage Wisconsin Systems, Inc., a
subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, Biron, Wisconsin (TA-
W-82,496F), WickliffePaper Company, LLC, a subsidiary of
NewPage Corporation, including on-site leased workers
from Select Staffing, Wickliffe, Kentucky (TA-W-82,496G),
and Escanaba Paper Company, a subsidiary of NewPage
Corporation, Escanaba, Michigan (TA-W-82,496H), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
February 22, 2012 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 9th day of May, 2013.


/s/Michael W. Jaffe
______________________________
MICHAEL W. JAFFE
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance