DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,442

PONDEROSA PULP PRODUCTS
OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN


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 April 29, 2002 in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Ponderosa
Pulp Products, Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The workers are engaged in
the production of secondary (recycled) pulp.
The investigation revealed that criterion (3) has not been
met.
The investigation revealed that the subject company does not
import secondary (recycled) pulp.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
company's major customers regarding their purchases of secondary
(recycled) pulp.
The survey revealed no increased customer import purchases
of secondary (recycled) pulp during the period of sales and
production decline at the subject company.
Conclusion
After careful review, I determine that all workers of
Ponderosa Pulp Products, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, are denied eligi-
bility to apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of
the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed in Washington, D.C. this 5th day August 2002.


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