DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,295

LINCOLN PAPER AND TISSUE LLC
LINCOLN, MAINE

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 December 16, 2013 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC, Lincoln, Maine
(hereafter referred to as "Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC " or
"subject firm"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of tissue parent rolls and uncoated
freesheet papers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's declining
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 or
production of articles by Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
articles produced by Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC have
increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and production or sales declines at Lincoln Paper
and Tissue LLC.

Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Lincoln Paper and
Tissue LLC, Lincoln, Maine, who are engaged in activities
related to the production of tissue parent rolls and uncoated
freesheet 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 Lincoln Paper and Tissue LLC, Lincoln,
Maine, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after December 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 14th day of January, 2014

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