DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-92,001

BOISE PACKAGING & NEWSPRINT, L.L.C.
A SUBSIDIARY OF PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
BOISE, INC.
BOISE PAPER HOLDINGS, L.L.C.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
CM STAFFING, RESOURCE EMPLOYMENT AND OPTIMUS STAFFING
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA

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 Trade
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) petition filed on July 8, 2016 on
behalf of workers of Boise Packaging & Newsprint, L.L.C., a
subsidiary of Packaging Corporation of America, Boise, Inc.,
Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C., Santa Fe Springs, California
(subject firm). The workers' firm is engaged in activities related
to the production of paper and cardboard products.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers from
CM Staffing, Resource Employment, and Optimus Staffing.
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
the firm. 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 the subject firm, who
are engaged in activities related to the production of paper and
cardboard products, 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 Packaging & Newsprint, L.L.C., a
subsidiary of Packaging Corporation of America, Boise Inc.,
Boise Paper Holdings, L.L.C., including on-site leased
workers from CM Staffing, Resource Employment and Optimus
Staffing, Santa Fe Springs, California, who became totally
or partially separated from that employment on or after
February 22, 2015, 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 6th day of September 2016.
/s/Del Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance