DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL

TA-W-83,087

SCHWEITZER-MAUDUIT INTERNATIONAL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED FROM
GALLMAN PERSONNEL SERVICES OF THE MIDLANDS AND
J & J SERVICES, INC.
NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA

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;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on September 17, 2013 by the state workforce office on
behalf of workers of Schweitzer-Mauduit International,
including on-site leased from Gallman Personnel Services of the
Midlands and J & J Services, Inc., Newberry, South Carolina
(subject firm). Workers of the subject firm are engaged in
activities related to the production of low ignition propensity
papers used in tobacco products.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers at the subject firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country the production of articles
like or directly competitive with the low ignition propensity
papers produced by the subject workers, which contributed
importantly to worker group separations at the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Schweitzer-Mauduit
International, Newberry, South Carolina, who are engaged in
activities related to the production of low ignition propensity
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 Schweitzer-Mauduit International,
including on-site leased from Gallman Personnel Services of
the Midlands and J & J Services, Inc., Newberry, South
Carolina, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after September 16, 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 25th day of October, 2013


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