DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,831

BURROWS PAPER CORPORATION
PACKAGING EAST
LITTLE FALLS, NEW YORK

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 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. It is determined in this case that all of the
requirements have been met.
The investigation was initiated on February 19, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by workers at Burrows Paper
Corporation, Packaging East, Little Falls, New York. The
workers are engaged in employment related to the production of
food containers.
This investigation revealed that sales, production and
employment at the subject plant decreased during the period
under investigation.
The Department of Labor surveyed the sole customer of the
subject firm regarding their purchases of food containers in
2000-2001. The respondent indicated that they reduced purchases
of food containers from the subject firm and increased imports
in the relevant time period.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investi-
gation, I conclude that increases of imports of food containers
like or directly competitive with those produced by Burrows
Paper Corporation, Packaging East, Little Falls, New York,
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 Trade Act, I make the
following certification:


"All workers at Burrows Paper Corporation, Packaging East,
Little Falls, New York, who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after December 31, 2000,
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Section
223 of the Trade Act of 1974."
Signed in Washington, D. C. this 3rd day of April, 2002

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