DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,281

VERSO CORPORATION
WICKLIFFE MILL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING, U.S.
SECURITY ASSOCIATES AND ABBCO JANITORIAL
WICKLIFFE, KENTUCKY

TA-W-90,281A

VERSO CORPORATION
BEAVER DAM WOODYARD
BEAVER DAM, KENTUCKY

TA-W-90,281B

VERSO CORPORATION
EDDYVILLE WOODYARD
EDDYVILLE, KENTUCKY

TA-W-90,281C

VERSO CORPORATION
WALDSCHMIDT WOODYARD
WICKLIFFE, KENTUCKY

TA-W-90,281D

VERSO CORPORATION
BETHEL SPRINGS WOODYARD
BETHEL SPRINGS, TENNESSEE

TA-W-90,281E

VERSO CORPORATION
BIG SANDY WOODYARD
CAMDEN, TENNESSEE

TA-W-90,281F

VERSO CORPORATION
DOVER WOODYARD
DOVER, TENNESSEE
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 November 20, 2015, applicable to
workers of Verso Corporation, Wickliffe Mill, including on-site
leased workers from Select Staffing, U.S. Security Associates
and Abbco Janitorial, Wickliffe, Kentucky. The Department’s
notice of determination was published in the Federal Register on
January 11, 2016 (81 FR 1227).
At the request of a state workforce office and a company
official, the Department reviewed the certification for workers
of the subject firm. The workers are engaged in activities
related to the production of coated and uncoated freesheet paper
for catalogs, magazines, retail inserts, direct mail and general
commercial printing applications and market pulp.
New information shows that worker separations have occurred
at Verso Corporation, Wickliffe Mill, including on-site leased
workers from Select Staffing, U.S. Security Associates and
Abbco Janitorial, Wickliffe, Kentucky (TA-W-90,281), Verso
Corporation, Beaver Dam Woodyard, Beaver Dam, Kentucky (TA-W-
90,281A), Verso Corporation, Eddyville Woodyard, Eddyville,
Kentucky (TA-W-90,281B), Verso Corporation, Waldschmidt
Woodyard, Wickliffe, Kentucky (TA-W-90,281C), Verso Corporation,
Bethel Springs Woodyard, Bethel Springs, Tennessee (TA-W-
90,281D), Verso Corporation, Big Sandy Woodyard, Camden,
Tennessee (TA-W-90,281E), Verso Corporation, Dover Woodyard,
Dover, Tennessee (TA-W-90,281F). The employees support and work
in conjunction with Verso Corporation, Wickliffe Mill,
including on-site leased workers from Select Staffing, U.S.
Security Associates and Abbco Janitorial, Wickliffe, Kentucky
(TA-W-90,281) in woodyards which served to procure wood from the
source, contracted with timber harvesters, and served as the
collection site of the wood for short term storage until it was
transported to the mill.
The intent of the Department’s certification is to include
all workers of the subject firm who were adversely affected by
customer imports of coated and uncoated freesheet paper for
catalogs, magazines, retail inserts, direct mail and general
commercial printing applications and market pulp.
Based on these findings, the Department is amending this
certification to include employees of Verso Corporation,
Wickliffe Mill, including on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing, U.S. Security Associates and Abbco Janitorial,
Wickliffe, Kentucky (TA-W-90,281), Verso Corporation, Beaver
Dam Woodyard, Beaver Dam, Kentucky (TA-W-90,281A), Verso
Corporation, Eddyville Woodyard, Eddyville, Kentucky (TA-W-
90,281B), Verso Corporation, Waldschmidt Woodyard, Wickliffe,
Kentucky (TA-W-90,281C), Verso Corporation, Bethel Springs
Woodyard, Bethel Springs, Tennessee (TA-W-90,281D), Verso
Corporation, Big Sandy Woodyard, Camden, Tennessee (TA-W-
90,281E), Verso Corporation, Dover Woodyard, Dover, Tennessee
(TA-W-90,281F).
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-90,281 is hereby
issued as follows:


“All workers of Verso Corporation, Wickliffe Mill,
including on-site leased workers from Select Staffing,
U.S. Security Associates and Abbco Janitorial, Wickliffe,
Kentucky (TA-W-90,281), Verso Corporation, Beaver Dam
Woodyard, Beaver Dam, Kentucky (TA-W-90,281A), Verso
Corporation, Eddyville Woodyard, Eddyville, Kentucky (TA-W-
90,281B), Verso Corporation, Waldschmidt Woodyard,
Wickliffe, Kentucky (TA-W-90,281C), Verso Corporation,
Bethel Springs Woodyard, Bethel Springs, Tennessee (TA-W-
90,281D), Verso Corporation, Big Sandy Woodyard, Camden,
Tennessee (TA-W-90,281E), Verso Corporation, Dover
Woodyard, Dover, Tennessee (TA-W-90,281F), who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
January 1, 2014 through November 20, 2017, and all workers
in the group threatened with total or partial separation
from employment on 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 4th day of August, 2016

/s/ Jessica R. Webster
______________________________
JESSICA R. WEBSTER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance





DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-90,281

VERSO CORPORATION
WICKLIFFE MILL
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM SELECT STAFFING, U.S.
SECURITY ASSOCIATES AND ABBCO JANITORIAL
WICKLIFFE, KENTUCKY

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 September 22, 2015 by a Union Official, United
Steelworkers, USW, on behalf of workers of Verso Corporation,
Wickliffe Mill, including on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing, U.S. Security Associates and Abbco Janitorial,
Wickliffe, Kentucky. The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of coated and uncoated freesheet paper
for catalogs, magazines, retail inserts, direct mail and general
commercial printing applications and market pulp.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm and the firm's major 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
and/or production of coated and uncoated freesheet paper for
catalogs, magazines, retail inserts, direct mail and general
commercial printing applications and market pulp by Verso
Corporation, Wickliffe Mill, Wickliffe, Kentucky have
decreased absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because customer
imports of articles like or directly competitive with the
article produced by Verso Corporation, Wickliffe Mill,
Wickliffe, Kentucky have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased customer imports contributed importantly to the
worker group separations and sales/production declines at
Verso Corporation, Wickliffe Mill, Wickliffe, Kentucky.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Verso Corporation,
Wickliffe Mill, including on-site leased workers from Select
Staffing, U.S. Security Associates and Abbco Janitorial,
Wickliffe, Kentucky, who are engaged in activities related to
the production of coated and uncoated freesheet paper for
catalogs, magazines, retail inserts, direct mail and general
commercial printing applications and market pulp 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 Verso Corporation, Wickliffe Mill,
including on-site leased workers from Select Staffing,
U.S. Security Associates and Abbco Janitorial, Wickliffe,
Kentucky, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after January 1, 2014, 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 20th day of November 2015.

/s/Jacquelyn R. Mendelsohn
______________________________
JACQUELYN R. MENDELSOHN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance