DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-91,912

TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF TWIN RIVERS PAPER COMPANY CORP.
MADAWASKA, 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 June 13, 2016 by a union official, Maine American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO) on behalf of workers of Twin Rivers Paper Company
LLC, a subsidiary of Twin Rivers Paper Company Corp.,
Madawaska, Maine (herein referred to as "Twin River Paper
Company LLC"). The workers' firm is engaged in activities
related to the production of packaging labels and publishing
papers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the workers' firm, the petitioner, the workers'
firm's major declining customer(s), and firms in which the
workers' firm lost opportunities via competition.
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 packaging labels and publishing papers by
Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC, a subsidiary of Twin Rivers
Paper Company Corp., Madawaska, Maine have decreased
absolutely.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
packaging labels and/or publishing papers like or directly
competitive with the article produced by Twin Rivers Paper
Company LLC have increased.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
increased imports contributed importantly to the worker group
separations and sales/production declines at Twin Rivers Paper
Company LLC.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Twin Rivers Paper
Company LLC, a subsidiary of Twin Rivers Paper Company Corp.,
Madawaska, Maine, who are engaged in activities related to the
production of packaging labels and publishing 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 Twin Rivers Paper Company LLC, a
subsidiary of Twin Rivers Paper Company Corp., Madawaska,
Maine, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after June 10, 2015 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 3rd day of November 2016.
/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance