DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,617

BOISE WHITE PAPER, LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF BOISE, INC.
INCLUDING WORKERS REPORTING WAGES UNDER BOISE PAPER HOLDINGS,
LLC AND ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM BARTLETT & ASSOCIATES
INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MINNESOTA

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 22, 2016, by the state workforce office on behalf
of workers of Boise White Paper, LLC, a subsidiary of Boise,
Inc., including workers reporting wages under Boise Paper
Holdings, LLC, and on-site leased workers from Bartlett &
Associates, International Falls, Minnesota (Boise-International
Falls, Minnesota). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of uncoated and coated paper.
The investigation revealed that, on February 22, 2016, the
International Trade Commission found that an industry in the
United States is materially injured by reason of imports of
certain uncoated paper from Australia, Brazil, China, Indonesia,
and Portugal. A petition has been filed on behalf of workers of
Boise-International Falls, Minnesota. 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 February 22, 2016, which is
within one year of the date of the petition filed requesting TAA
certification.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Boise-International
Falls, Minnesota, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of uncoated and coated paper, 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 Boise White Paper, LLC, a subsidiary of
Boise, Inc., including workers reporting wages under Boise
Paper Holdings, LLC and on-site leased workers from Bartlett
& Associates, International Falls, Minnesota, who became
totally or partially separated from that employment on or
after July 4, 2015, through the date of the certification and
who become totally or partially separated from that
employment from the date of the certification through
February 22, 2017, 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 22nd day of April 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance