DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-40,976

ABITIBI CONSOLIDATED
DONOHUE INDUSTRIES, INC.
LUFKIN DIVISION
LUFKIN, TEXAS

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 March 11, 2002, in
response to a petition filed by workers at Abitibi Consolidated,
Donohue Industries, Inc., Lufkin Division, Lufkin, Texas. The
workers were engaged in the production of newsprint and specialty
paper.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject firm did not
import newsprint and specialty paper.
The investigation further revealed that U.S. imports for
consumption of newsprint has decreased from 2000 to 2001 and from
January – March 2001 to January – March 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers at
Abitibi Consolidated, Donohue Industries, Inc., Lufkin Division,
Lufkin, Texas, 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, 2002




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