[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 22, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14546-14547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4139]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-54,242 and TA-W-54,242A]


Badger Paper Mills, Inc., Pestigo, WI, and Oconto Falls, WI; 
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), and section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 2813), as 
amended, the Department of Labor issued a split determination regarding 
workers' eligibility to apply for benefits available under the Trade 
Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program. On March 22, 2004, the Department 
certified workers of Badger Paper Mills, Inc., Peshtigo, Wisconsin as

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eligible to apply for TAA but not Alternative Trade Adjustment 
Assistance (ATAA). The Department's Notice was published in the Federal 
Register on May 24, 2004 (69 FR 29578). On May 25, 2004, a Revised 
Determination on Reconsideration regarding the workers' eligibility to 
apply for ATAA was issued. The Department's Notice was published in the 
Federal Register on June 8, 2004 (69 FR 32046).
    At the request of a company official, the Department reviewed the 
certification for workers of the subject firm. The company official 
stated that the petition was intended to cover workers at the Peshtigo 
and Oconto Falls, Wisconsin facilities.
    Information provided by the company official reveals that a 
significant proportion of workers at the Oconto Falls, Wisconsin 
facility were separated or threatened with separation during the 
relevant period and that the two Badger Paper Mills facilities operate 
as one manufacturing unit producing paper products. Further, new 
information provided by the company official reveal that a significant 
portion of workers at the Oconto Falls, Wisconsin facility are age 
fifty years or older, that workers possess skills which are not easily 
transferable to other jobs in the local area, and that conditions in 
the industry are adverse.
    Based on these findings, the Department is amending this 
certification to include employees of Badger Paper Mills, Inc., Oconto 
Falls, Wisconsin.
    The amended notice applicable to TA-W-54,242 is hereby issued as 
follows:

    All workers of Badger Paper Mills, Inc., Peshtigo, Wisconsin 
(TA-W-54,242) and Badger Paper Mills, Inc., Oconto Falls, Wisconsin 
(TA-W-54,242A) who became totally or partially separated from 
employment on or after February 9, 2003, through March 22, 2006, are 
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under section 223 of the 
Trade Act of 1974, are also eligible to apply for alternative trade 
adjustment assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 6th day of March 2006.
Richard Church,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-4139 Filed 3-21-06; 8:45 am]
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