DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

	Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-70,592

BOISE WHITE PAPER, LLC.
A SUBSIDIARY OF BOISE PAPER HOLDINGS, LLC.
ST. HELENS, OREGON

	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 May 26, 2009 on behalf of workers of Boise White 
Paper, LLC., a subsidiary of Boise Paper Holdings, LLC., St. 
Helens, Oregon. Workers are engaged in the production of paper 
and pulp.
      The investigation revealed that workers at the subject 
firm, who are engaged in employment related to the production of 
paper and pulp, meet the criteria for certification.  
      Criterion (1) has been met because a significant 
proportion of workers have become separated from employment 
during the relevant period.
      Criterion (2)(A)(i) has been met because both the sales 
and production of the firm have decreased absolutely.
      Criterion (2)(A)(ii) has been met because imports of 
articles like or directly competitive with the articles produced 
by the firm have increased.
      Criterion (2)(A)(iii) has been met because the increased 
imports by Boise White Paper, LLC. contributed importantly to 
worker group separation at the St. Helens, Oregon facility.
Conclusion
	After careful review of the facts obtained in the 
investigation, I determine that workers of Boise White Paper, 
LLC., a subsidiary of Boise Paper Holdings, LLC., St. Helens, 
Oregon 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 Boise White Paper, LLC., a subsidiary of 
Boise Paper Holdings, LLC., St. Helens, Oregon, who became 
totally or partially separated from employment on or after 
May 19, 2008, 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 14th day of December, 2009

						/s/ Michael W. Jaffe
                                    ______________________________
                                    MICHAEL W. JAFFE
                                    Certifying Officer, Division of 
                                    Trade Adjustment Assistance