DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,073

PEN-TAB/STUART HALL
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) as amended by the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988 (P. L. 100-418), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of eligi-
bility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
In order to make an affirmative determination and issue a
certification of eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance
each of the group eligibility requirements of Section 222 of the
Act must be met. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
received on April 23, 2001, and filed on behalf of workers at
Pen-Tab/Stuart Hall, Kansas City, Missouri. The workers produce
consumer paper such as notebooks, pads, envelopes and stationery.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment declined at the subject plant in the relevant period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of major
customers of the subject firm regarding their purchases of
consumer paper such as notebooks, pads, envelopes and stationery.
The results of the survey revealed that customers increased their
purchases of imported consumer paper such as notebooks, pads,
envelopes and stationery while reducing purchases from Pen-
Tab/Stuart Hall, in the relevant period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with consumer paper such as notebooks, pads,
envelopes and stationery produced at Pen-Tab/Stuart Hall, Kansas
City, Missouri contributed importantly to the decline in sales or
production and to the total or partial separation of workers of
that firm. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:
"All workers of Pen-Tab/Stuart Hall, Kansas City, Missouri
who became totally or partially separated from employment on
or after March 29, 2000, 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 23rd day of July, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance