[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 52 (Thursday, March 17, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14697-14698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-6190]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

[TA-W-70,305]


Shorewood Packaging, a Business Unit of International Paper, 
Inc., Springfield, OR; Notice of Negative Determination on 
Reconsideration

    On January 26, 2010, the Department of Labor issued an Affirmative 
Determination Regarding Application for Reconsideration applicable to 
workers and former workers of Shorewood Packaging, a business unit of 
International Paper, Inc., Springfield, Oregon (the subject firm). The 
Department's Notice was published in the Federal Register on February 
16, 2010 (75 FR 7030).
    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

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    (3) If in the opinion of the Certifying Officer, a 
misinterpretation of facts or of the law justified reconsideration of 
the decision.
    The initial negative determination was based on the findings that 
neither imports of articles like or directly competitive with packaging 
produced by the subject firm nor a shift in production to a foreign 
country by the subject firm contributed importantly to worker 
separations at the subject firm.
    In the request for reconsideration, the petitioner provided 
additional information and alleged that Shorewood Packaging shifted 
overseas the production at Springfield, Oregon.
    Information obtained from the subject firm during the 
reconsideration investigation clarified that the worker group was part 
of the Home Entertainment group. The subject firm also confirmed that 
production of Home Entertainment group articles were not shifted 
overseas. Rather, production was shifted to facilities located within 
the United States. Further, the articles produced at foreign facilities 
are neither like nor directly competitive with the Home Entertainment 
group packaging produced at the Springfield, Oregon facility.

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 Shorewood Packaging, a business unit 
of International Paper, Inc., Springfield, Oregon, on this 4th day of 
March, 2011

Del Min Amy Chen,
Certifying Officer, Office of Trade Adjustment Assistance.
[FR Doc. 2011-6190 Filed 3-16-11; 8:45 am]
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