DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,438

APPLETON PAPERS INC.
HARRISBURG PLANT
CAMP HILL, PENNSYLVANIA

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 eligibility 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 December 17, 2001
in response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Appleton
Papers Inc., Harrisburg Plant, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania. The
workers were engaged in employment related to the production of
rolls of carbonless paper.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that there were no company im-
ports of articles like or directly competitive with the car-
bonless paper produced by Appleton Papers Inc., Harrisburg
Plant, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
Investigative findings further revealed that during the
relevant period, several bids for the sale of carbonless paper
were lost to a domestic competitor.














Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Appleton Papers Inc., Harrisburg Plant, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
are denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 12th day of April, 2002.


/s/ Linda G. Poole

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