DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,399

GEORGIA-PACIFIC PANEL PRODUCTS, LLC.
PARTICLEBOARD DIVISION
A SUBSIDIARY OF GEORGIA-PACIFIC, LLC.
A WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC.
INCLUDING ON-SITE LEASED WORKERS FROM
ENCADRIA STAFFING SOLUTIONS, LLC AND MANPOWER
HOPE, ARKANSAS

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(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in the
workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the Act,
19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is related
to the article or service that was the basis for such
certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph (2)
accounted for at least 20 percent of the production or
sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed importantly
to the workers' separation or threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on November 21, 2019 on behalf of workers and former workers
of Georgia-Pacific Panel Products, LLC, Particleboard Division, a
subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Koch Industries, Inc., Hope, Arkansas (Georgia-Pacific,
Particleboard-Hope). Workers of Georgia-Pacific, Particleboard-
Hope are engaged in activities related to the production of
particleboard used in various applications and products.
The subject worker group includes on-site leased workers
from Encadria Staffing Solutions, LLC and Manpower.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition, the workers' firm, industry sources,
and other sources.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant number
or proportion of the workers in Georgia-Pacific, Particleboard-
Hope have become totally or partially separated, or are threatened
to become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Georgia-Pacific,
Particleboard-Hope is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group
of workers who received a certification of eligibility under
Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is
related to the finished article that was the basis for such
certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business with the aforementioned firm contributed importantly to
worker separations at Georgia-Pacific, Particleboard-Hope.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Georgia-Pacific,
Particleboard-Hope, 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 Georgia-Pacific Panel Products, LLC,
Particleboard Division, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific, LLC,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., including
on-site leased workers from Encadria Staffing Solutions, LLC
and Manpower, Hope, Arkansas, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after November 20, 2018
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 2nd day of March 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance