DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-75,063

WHITING PAPER MILL
A SUBSIDIARY OF NEWPAGE CORPORATION
STEVENS POINT, WISCONSIN

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a Firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in such
workers' firm have become totally or partially separated, or
are threatened to become totally or partially separated; and

(2)(A)(i) the sales or production, or both, of such firm have
decreased absolutely; and

(ii)(I) imports of articles or services like or directly
competitive with articles produced or services supplied by
such firm have increased; and

(iii) the increase in imports described in clause (ii)
contributed importantly to such workers' separation or
threat of separation and to the decline in the sales or
production of such firm.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on January 3, 2011 by a company official on behalf of
workers of Whiting Paper Mill, a subsidiary of NewPage
Corporation, Stevens Point, Wisconsin (Whiting Stevens Point).
The workers at the subject firm are engaged in activities
related to the production of light weight coated and ultra
light weight coated paper. The workers are not separately
identifiable by product.
The investigation revealed that workers of Whiting Stevens
Point who are engaged in employment related to the production of
light weight coated and ultra light weight coated paper meet
the criteria for certification.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in the workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated during the relevant
period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(i) has been met because the sales
and/or production of light weight coated and ultra light
weight coated paper by Whiting Stevens Point have decreased
absolutely during the relevant period.
Section 222(a)(2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of
articles like or directly competitive with light weight coated
and ultra light weight coated paper by Whiting Stevens Point
have increased. Specifically, the Department of Labor conducted
a survey of the subject firm's major declining customers
regarding their purchases of light weight coated and ultra
light weight coated paper during the relevant period. The
survey revealed increased customer imported light weight coated
and ultra light weight coated paper.
Finally, Section 222(a)(2)(A)(iii) has been met because
the increased imports of light weight coated and ultra light
weight coated paper by the customer of Whiting Stevens Point
contributed importantly to the worker group separations and
sales/production declines at Whiting Stevens Point.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Whiting Paper Mill, a
subsidiary of NewPage Corporation, Stevens Point, Wisconsin,
who are engaged in employment related to the production of light
weight coated and ultra light weight coated paper meet the
worker group certification criteria under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with Section 223 of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following certification:



"All workers of Whiting Paper Mill, a subsidiary of
NewPage Corporation, Stevens Point, Wisconsin, who became
totally or partially separated from employment on or after
December 31, 2009, through two years from the date of
certification, and all workers in the group threatened with
total or partial separation from employment on the date of
certification through two years from the date of
certification, are eligible to apply for adjustment
assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the Trade Act of
1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 3rd day of March, 2011


/s/Elliott S. Kushner
______________________________
ELLIOTT S. KUSHNER
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance