[Federal Register: April 28, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 82)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-58,236]

 
Natick Paperboard Corporation, Paperboard Mill Division; Natick, 
MA; Notice of Revised Determination on Reconsideration

    By application of April 1, 2006 United Steelworkers of America, 
Local 516, requested administrative reconsideration of the Department's 
negative determination regarding eligibility for workers and former 
workers of the subject firm to apply for Trade Adjustment Assistance 
(TAA) and Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance (ATAA).
    The initial investigation resulted in a negative determination 
signed on February 9, 2006 was based on the finding that imports of 
recycled paperboard for the book, binding and game industries did not 
contribute importantly to worker separations at the subject plant and 
no shift of production to a foreign source occurred. The denial notice 
was published in the Federal Register on March 2, 2006 (71 FR 10716).
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information regarding the subject firm's customers and 
requested an investigation relating to secondary impact concerning the 
subject firm as an upstream supplier to the book, binding and game 
industries. A review of the new facts determined that the workers of 
the subject firm may be eligible for TAA on the basis of a secondary 
upstream supplier impact.
    The Department conducted an investigation of subject firm workers 
on the basis of secondary impact, it was revealed that Natick 
Paperboard Corporation, Paperboard Mill Division, Natick, Massachusetts 
supplied paperboard that was used in the production of board games and 
paper based office supply products, and a loss of business with 
domestic manufacturers (whose workers were certified eligible to apply 
for adjustment assistance) contributed importantly to the workers 
separation or threat of separation.
    In accordance with section 246 the Trade Act of 1974 (26 U.S.C. 
2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein presents the results 
of its investigation regarding certification of eligibility to apply 
for alternative trade adjustment assistance (ATAA) for older workers.
    In order for the Department to issue a certification of eligibility 
to apply for ATAA, the group eligibility requirements of section 246 of 
the Trade Act must be met. The Department has determined in this case 
that the requirements of section 246 have been met.
    A significant number of workers at the firm are age 50 or over and 
possess skills that are not easily transferable. Competitive conditions 
within the industry are adverse.

Conclusion

    After careful review of the facts obtained in the investigation, I 
determine that workers of Natick Paperboard Corporation, Paperboard 
Mill Division, Natick, Massachusetts engaged in production of recycled 
paperboard qualify as adversely affected secondary workers under 
section 222 of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended. In accordance with 
the provisions of the Act, I make the following certification:

    All workers of Natick Paperboard Corporation, Paperboard Mill 
Division, Natick, Massachusetts, who became totally or partially 
separated from employment on or after October 28, 2004, through two 
years from the date of this certification, are eligible to apply for 
adjustment assistance under section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and are eligible to apply for alternative trade adjustment 
assistance under section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 19th day of April, 2006.
Elliott S. Kushner,
Certifying Officer, Division of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. E6-6403 Filed 4-27-06; 8:45 am]

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