DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-38,321

INTERNATIONAL PAPER
LOCK HAVEN, PENNSYLVANIA

Notice of Revised Determination
on Reconsideration

On May 24, 2001, the Department issued a Notice of
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for
Reconsideration regarding the petition for workers of the subject
firm. The notice was published in the Federal Register on June
8, 2001 (66 FR 30949).
The initial investigation resulted in a negative
determination issued on February 1, 2001, based on the finding
that during the time period relevant to the petition
investigation, sales and production of reprographic and printing
paper produced by workers of International Paper, Lock Haven,
Pennsylvania, increased. The denial notice was published in the
Federal Register on March 2, 2001 (64 FR 13086).
Officials of International Paper, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania,
presented new information on sales, production, and employment at
the Lock Haven plant. This new information on reconsideration,
confirms that criterion (1) of the group eligibility requirements
of Section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974 is met, and shows that
criterion (2) is met. There are declines in employment and
production of paper at the subject firm plant.
The reprographic and printing paper produced by
International Paper are sold both directly and indirectly to a
large number of customers nationwide. Because of the nature of
their market, an analysis of aggregate United States imports of
the products manufactured at the subject plant can best reflect
the impact of imports on sales, production and employment at that
plant. From 1999 to 2000 there was an increase in aggregate
U.S. imports for consumption of papers like or directly
competitive with those produced by the workers at Lock Haven,
Pennsylvania.
This worker group was previously certified under petition
number TA-W-35,445, which expired February 10, 2001.
Conclusion
After careful review of the additional facts obtained on
reconsideration, I conclude that increased imports of articles
like or directly competitive with reprographic and printing paper
contributed importantly to the declines in sales or production
and to the total or partial separation of workers of
International Paper, Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. In accordance
with the provisions of the Act, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of International Paper, Lock Haven,
Pennsylvania, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on February 11, 2001, through two years from the
date of this certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act of
1974."

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 13th day of June 2001

/s/ Edward A. Tomchick

EDWARD A. TOMCHICK
Director, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance