[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14105-14106]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-5929]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-72,729]


International Paper Company, Pineville Mill Industrial Packaging 
Group; Pineville, LA; Notice of Negative Determination on 
Reconsideration

    On October 15, 2010, the Department of Labor (Department) issued an 
Affirmative Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration for 
the workers and former workers of International Paper Company, 
Pineville Mill, Industrial Packaging Group, Pineville, Louisiana 
(subject facility). The Department's Notice was published in the 
Federal Register on October 29, 2010 (75 FR 66795). The subject workers 
produce containerboard/paperboard (uncoated freesheet containerboard).
    Pursuant to 29 CFR 90.18(c), reconsideration may be granted under 
the following circumstances:
    (1) If it appears on the basis of facts not previously considered 
that the determination complained of was erroneous;
    (2) If it appears that the determination complained of was based on 
a mistake in the determination of facts not previously considered; or
    (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a mis-
interpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of the 
decision.
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
based on the findings that neither International Paper Company (subject 
firm) nor any of its customers imported articles like or directly 
competitive with uncoated freesheet containerboard produced at the 
subject facility, and that the subject firm neither shifted production 
to a foreign country nor acquired from another country articles like or 
directly competitive with the uncoated freesheet containerboard 
produced at the subject facility. The initial investigation also 
revealed that the workers are not eligible to apply for TAA as 
adversely-impacted secondary workers because the subject facility did 
not produce a component part that was used by a firm that both employed 
a worker group that is currently eligible to apply for TAA and directly 
incorporated the containerboard in the production of the article that 
was the basis for the TAA certification.
    In the request for reconsideration, a subject firm official 
provided new information regarding the article produced at the subject 
facility, possible customer imports, and the possibility that workers 
are adversely-impacted secondary workers.
    During the reconsideration investigation, the Department contacted 
the subject firm to confirm and clarify previously-submitted 
information. The Department also reviewed previous International Paper 
Company certifications to determine whether the subject workers are 
adversely-impacted secondary workers.
    Information obtained during the reconsideration investigation 
confirmed that the workers at the subject facility were engaged in 
employment related to the production of containerboard/paperboard.
    Information obtained during the reconsideration investigation also 
confirmed that, during the relevant period, the subject firm did not 
import either articles like or directly competitive with 
containerboard/paperboard, or articles directly incorporating foreign-
produced component parts which are like or directly competitive with 
imports of articles incorporating component parts produced by the 
subject facility.
    Information obtained during the reconsideration investigation also 
confirmed that the subject facility supplies directly to box production 
plants and that a customer survey is not necessary because the majority 
of the customers of the subject facility are other subject firm 
facilities.
    Information obtained during the reconsideration investigation also 
confirmed that the subject facility did not produce and supply a 
component part that was used by a firm (including an affiliated 
facility of the subject firm) that both employed a worker group that is 
currently eligible to apply for TAA and directly incorporated the 
containerboard/paperboard in the production of that article that was 
the basis for the TAA certification. Although four subject firm 
facilities employed workers eligible to apply for TAA, none can be the 
basis for a secondary impact certification in the case at hand.

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Conclusion

    After reconsideration, I affirm the original notice of negative 
determination of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance 
for workers and former workers of International Paper Company, 
Pineville Mill, Industrial Packaging Group, Pineville, Louisiana.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on this 15th day of February, 2011.
Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-5929 Filed 3-14-11; 8:45 am]
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