[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 84 (Friday, April 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 23816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-960]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-54,061, TA-W-54,061A, TA-W-54,061B, TA-W-54,061C, TA-W-54,061D, 
TA-W-54,061E, TA-W-54,061F, TA-W-54,061G, TA-W-54,061H]


Eastern Pulp and Paper Co., Inc. Lincoln Pulp and Paper Plant, 
Lincoln, ME, Eastern Pulp and Paper Co., Inc. Corporate Office, 
Amherst, MA, Including Employees of Eastern Pulp and Paper Co., Inc., 
Lincoln Pulp and Paper Plant Operating at Various Locations in the 
Following States: Michigan, Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, 
Massachuetts, Ohio, and Wisconsin; Amended Certification Regarding 
Eligibility to Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance and Alternative 
Trade Adjustment Assistance

    In accordance with section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 
2273) the Department of Labor issued a Certification of Eligibility to 
Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance on January 30, 2004, applicable 
to workers of Eastern Pulp and Paper Co., Inc., Lincoln Pulp and Paper 
Plant, Lincoln, Maine. The notice was published in the Federal Register 
on February 6, 2004 (69 FR 5868).
    At the request of the State agency, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. New information shows 
that worker separations occurred at the Eastern Pulp and Paper Co., 
Inc., Corporate Office, located in Amherst, Massachusetts. The subject 
firm also separated workers at various locations in the states of 
Michigan, Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio and 
Wisconsin, reporting to the Lincoln Pulp and Paper Plant. These 
employees provide administrative, sales and marketing support services 
for the production of paper, tissue paper and wood pulp produced at the 
Lincoln, Maine location of the subject firm.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending this 
certification to include employees of the Amherst, Massachusetts 
location and employees of the Lincoln, Maine location of Eastern Pulp 
and Paper Co., Inc. operating at various locations in the following 
states: Michigan, Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio 
and Wisconsin.
    The intent of the Department's certification is to include all 
workers of Eastern Pulp and Paper Co., Inc., Lincoln Pulp and Paper 
Plant who were adversely affected by increased imports. The amended 
notice applicable to TA-W-54,061 is hereby issued as follows:

    All workers of Eastern Pulp and Paper Co., Inc., Lincoln Pulp 
and Paper Plant, Lincoln, Maine (TA-W-54,061), Eastern Pulp and 
Paper Co., Inc., Eastern Pulp and Paper Co., Inc., Corporate Office, 
Amherst, Massachusetts (TA-W-54,061A), and employees of Eastern Pulp 
and Paper Co., Inc., Lincoln Pulp and Paper Plant, Lincoln, Maine 
operating at various locations in the following states: Michigan 
(TA-W-54,0616B), Connecticut (TA-W-54,061C), Georgia (TA-W-54,061D), 
New Jersey (TA-W-54,061E), Massachusetts (TA-W-54,061F), Ohio (TA-W-
54,061G) and Wisconsin (TA-W-54,061H), who became totally or 
partially separated from employment on or after January 16, 2003, 
through January 30, 2006, are eligible to apply for adjustment 
assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also 
eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance under 
section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed in Washington, DC, this 20th day of April, 2004.
Linda G. Poole,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E4-960 Filed 4-29-04; 8:45 am]
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