DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-39,160

FRASER PAPERS, INC.
WEST CARROLLTON MILL
WEST CARROLLTON. OHIO


Negative Determination 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:
(1) that a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm, or an appropriate subdivision thereof,
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) that sales or production, or both, of the firm or
subdivision have decreased absolutely; and

(3) that increases of imports of articles like or directly
competitive with articles produced by the firm or
appropriate subdivision have contributed importantly to
the separations, or threat thereof, and to the absolute
decline in sales or production.



The investigation was initiated on April 30, 2001 in response
to a petition filed by the company on behalf of workers at Fraser
Papers, Inc., West Carrollton Mill, West Carrollton, Ohio. The
workers were engaged in the production of premium printing paper.
This investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
Production previously performed by former employees of the
subject firm, has been absorbed into a domestic location in Park
Falls, Wisconsin. The merger of the two plants, not imports caused
layoffs.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that workers of Fraser
Papers, Inc., West Carrollton Mill, West Carrollton, Ohio are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D. C. this 23rd day of May, 2001.

/s/ Linda G. Poole


LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance