DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,590

MADISON PAPER INDUSTRIES
A SUBSIDIARY OF UPM-KYMMENE INC. AND NORTHERN SC PAPER CORPORATION
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
WD MATTHEWS MACHINERY COMPANY, VALMET INC., SOUTHWORTH MILTON,
THE TRAVELING TRAINER, VESCOM CORPORATION, TERRY GORDON, AKEENI
RECOVERY SERVICES INC., SPECIALTY MINERALS,
CH ROBINSON WORLDWIDE, HCL, AND RANDSTAD
MADISON, 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(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) the workers' firm is publicly identified by name by the
International Trade Commission as a member of a domestic
industry in an investigation resulting in--
(A) an affirmative determination of serious injury or
threat thereof under section 202(b)(1);
(B) an affirmative determination of market disruption
or threat thereof under section 421(b)(1); or
(C) an affirmative final determination of material
injury or threat thereof under section 705(b)(1)(A)
or 735(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1671d(b)(1)(A) and 1673d(b)(1)(A));

(2) the petition is filed during the 1-year period beginning
on the date on which--
(A) a summary of the report submitted to the President
by the International Trade Commission under section
202(f)(1) with respect to the affirmative
determination described in paragraph (1)(A) is
published in the Federal Register under section
202(f)(3); or
(B) notice of an affirmative determination described in
subparagraph (B) or (C) of paragraph (1) is
published in the Federal Register; and

(3) the workers have become totally or partially
separated from the workers' firm within--
(A) the 1-year period described in paragraph (2); or
(B) notwithstanding section 223(b), the 1-year
period preceding the 1-year period described in
paragraph (2).

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 15, 2016, by the State of Maine on behalf of
workers of Madison Paper Industries, a subsidiary of Upm-Kymmene
Inc. and Northern SC Paper Corporation, Madison, Maine (MPI). The
workers' firm is engaged in activities related to the production
of supercalendered paper used for printers and publishers of
magazines and catalogs. The worker groups include on-site
leased/temporary workers from WD Matthews Machinery Company,
Valmet Inc., Southworth Milton, The Traveling Trainer, Vescom
Corporation, Terry Gordon, Akeeni Recovery Services Inc.,
Specialty Minerals, CH Robinson Worldwide, HCL, and Randstad.
The investigation revealed that on December 9, 2015, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
supercalendered paper from Canada.
A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of MPI. That
firm was publicly identified by name by the International Trade
Commission as a member of a domestic industry in an investigation
resulting in a category of determination that is listed in
Section 222(e) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(e). In addition, that
determination was published in the Federal Register on December 9,
2015, which is within one year of the date of the petition filed
requesting Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Madison Paper
Industries, Madison, Maine, who are engaged in activities related
to the production of supercalendered paper used for printers and
publishers of magazines and catalogs, meet the requirements of
Section 222(e) of the Act. In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, I make the following certification:







"All workers of Madison Paper Industries, a subsidiary of
Upm-Kymmene Inc. and Northern SC Paper Corporation, including
on-site leased/temporary workers from WD Matthews Machinery
Company, Valmet Inc., Southworth Milton, The Traveling
Trainer, Vescom Corporation, Terry Gordon, Akeeni Recovery
Services Inc., Specialty Minerals, CH Robinson Worldwide,
HCL, and Randstad, Madison, Maine, who became totally or
partially separated from that employment on or after December
9, 2014, through the date of the certification and who become
totally or partially separated from that employment from the
date of the certification through December 9, 2016, 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 7th day of April 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance