DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,306
RIVERSIDE PAPER CORPORATION
RIVERSIDE PAPER COMPANY
APPLETON, WISCONSIN

TA-W-41,306A
RIVERSIDE PAPER CORPORATION
KERWIN PAPER MILL
APPLETON, WISCONSIN

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 15, 2002, and filed by the company on behalf of
workers at Riverside Paper Corporation's Riverside Paper Company
and Kerwin Paper Company located in Appleton, Wisconsin. The
workers were engaged in the production of groundwood construction
paper.
The investigation revealed that sales and employment declined
during the relevant period.

A customer survey was generated by the U.S. Department of
Labor and it revealed that the subject firm's major customer
decreased purchases from the subject firm while increasing
foreign purchases of groundwood construction paper.
A NAFTA Transitional Adjustment Assistance petition filed on
behalf of workers at the subject firm plants (NAFTA-5996 and NAFTA-
5996A), was certified on May 16, 2002.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the investiga-
tion, I conclude that increases of imports of articles like or
directly competitive with groundwood construction paper produced
by Riverside Paper Company, Appleton, Wisconsin and Kerwin Paper
Mill, Appleton, Wisconsin, contributed importantly to the decline
in sales or production and to the total or partial separation of
workers. In accordance with the provisions of the Act, I make
the following certification:



"All workers of Riverside Paper Corporation, Riverside
Paper Company, Appleton, Wisconsin (TA-W-41,306), and
Riverside Paper Corporation, Kerwin Paper Mill, Appleton,
Wisconsin (TA-W-41,306A), who became totally or partially
separated from employment on or after March 18, 2001,
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 24th day of May, 2002

/s/ Linda G. Poole

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