DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,614
GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC.
MILLINOCKET, MAINE

TA-W-41,614A
GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC.
EAST MILLINOCKET, MAINE


Amended Certification Regarding Eligibility to
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19
USC 2273) the Department Labor issued a Certification of
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on July 15,
2002, applicable to workers of Great Northern Paper, Inc.,
Millinocket, Maine. The notice was published in the Federal
Register on July 29, 2002 (67 FR 49039).
At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed
the certification for workers of the subject firm. New findings
show that workers engaged in employment related to the production
of groundwood pulp were separated from employment at the subject
firm's East Millinocket, Maine facility. A meaningful portion of
the groundwood pulp produced at Great Northern Paper, Inc., East
Millinocket, Maine was consumed by the subject firm's mill in
Millinocket, Maine, for its production of coated and uncoated
specialty paper.
Workers at Great Northern Paper, Inc., East Millinocket,
Maine, also produce paper for telephone directories and are
separately identifiable from those producing groundwood pulp.
There was no allegation that imports of paper for telephone
directories contributed to worker separations.
The Department is amending the certification to cover
workers at Great Northern Paper, Inc., East Millinocket, Maine,
engaged in employment related to the production of groundwood
pulp.
The amended notice applicable to TA-W-41,614 is hereby
issued as follows:
"All workers of Great Northern Paper, Inc., Millinocket,
Maine (TA-W-41,614); and workers engaged in employment
related to the production of groundwood pulp at Great
Northern Paper, East Millinocket (TA-W-41,616A) who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
May 17, 2001, through July 15, 2004, are eligible to apply
for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade Act
of 1974."

Signed at Washington D.C. this day of July, 2002.

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


DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-41,614

GREAT NORTHERN PAPER, INC.
MILLINOCKET, MAINE

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 June 3, 2002 in response
to a petition filed on behalf of workers at Great Northern Paper,
Inc., Millinocket, Maine.
The workers are engaged in the production of pulp, coated
specialty paper and uncoated specialty paper. The workers are
not separately identifiable by product line.
The investigation revealed that a significant proportion of
workers at the subject company were separated from employment
during the relevant time period or are threatened with separation
from employment.
The investigation also revealed that production of coated
specialty paper at the subject company declined during the
relevant time period.
The Department of Labor conducted a survey of the subject
firm's major customers regarding their purchases of coated
specialty paper in 2000, 2001, and the periods of January through
April 2001 and 2002. The survey revealed an increase in
customers' import purchases of coated specialty paper while
reducing purchases from the subject firm.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I conclude that increases of imports of articles
like or directly competitive with those produced at Great
Northern Paper, Inc., Millinocket, Maine, contributed importantly
to the decline in sales and production and to the total or
partial separation of workers of that firm. In accordance with
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:
"All workers of Great Northern Paper, Inc., Millinocket,
Maine, who became totally or partially separated from
employment on or after May 17, 2001, 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 15th day of July 2002.

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