DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-83,045

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CONSUMER PRODUCTS, LP 
A SUBSIDIARY OF GEORGIA-PACIFIC LLC
HALSEY, 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;
	(2)(B)(i)(I)	there has been a shift by the workers' 
firm to a foreign country in the production of 
articles or supply of services like or directly 
competitive with those produced/supplied by the 
workers' firm; OR
	         (II)	there has been an acquisition from a 
	         foreign country by the workers' firm of 
              articles/services that are like or directly
              competitive with those produced/supplied by 
              the workers' firm; AND
(ii)	the shift/acquisition must have contributed 
importantly to the workers' separation or 
threat of separation.  
  
      The investigation was initiated in response to a petition 
for Trade Adjustment Assistance filed on August 30, 2013 by a 
representative of Oregon AFL-CIO on behalf of workers of 
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP, a subsidiary of Georgia-
Pacific LLC, Halsey, Oregon (Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products - 
Halsey Mill). The workers are engaged in activities related to 
the production of toilet tissue and paper towels. The workers 
are not separately identifiable by article produced. 
      During the course of the investigation, information was 
collected from the workers' firm. 
      Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant 
number or proportion of the workers at Georgia-Pacific Consumer 
Products - Halsey  Mill have become totally or partially 
separated, or are threatened to become totally or partially 
separated.   
      Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers' 
firm has shifted to a foreign country a portion of the 
production of articles like or directly competitive with the 
toilet tissue and paper towels produced by the subject worker 
group, which contributed importantly to worker group 
separations at Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP, a 
subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, Halsey, Oregon.
      
      
Conclusion
	After careful review of the facts obtained in the 
investigation, I determine that workers of Georgia-Pacific 
Consumer Products, LP, a subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, 
Halsey, Oregon, who are engaged in activities related to the 
production of toilet tissue and paper towels, 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 Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products, LP, a 
subsidiary of Georgia-Pacific LLC, Halsey, Oregon, who 
became totally or partially separated from employment on or 
after August 21, 2012 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 8th day of November, 2013


						/s/Del Min Amy Chen
                                    ______________________________
                                    DEL MIN AMY CHEN
                                    Certifying Officer, Office of 
                                    Trade Adjustment Assistance