Notice2024-05223
Certain Softwood Lumber From Canada: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review
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Published
March 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
On January 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood lumber from Canada. For these final results, Commerce continues to find that Interfor Corporation, EACOM Timber Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP are cross-owned entities in the context of the CVD order on certain softwood lumber from Canada.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17811-17812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05223]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-122-858]
Certain Softwood Lumber From Canada: Final Results of
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On January 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce
(Commerce) published the notice of initiation and preliminary results
of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the countervailing duty
(CVD) order on certain softwood lumber from Canada. For these final
results, Commerce continues to find that Interfor
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Corporation, EACOM Timber Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products Inc.,
and Chaleur Forest Products LP are cross-owned entities in the context
of the CVD order on certain softwood lumber from Canada.
DATES: Applicable March 12, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7851.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 16, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results,
finding that the following companies are cross-owned entities: Interfor
Corporation; EACOM Timber Corporation; Chaleur Forest Products Inc.;
and Chaleur Forest Products LP.\1\ In the Preliminary Results, we
provided interested parties an opportunity to comment and request a
public hearing regarding Commerce's preliminary findings. The
petitioner \2\ submitted comments agreeing with our preliminary
findings, and we received no other comments from interested parties.\3\
Additionally, we received no requests for a public hearing from
interested parties.
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\1\See Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada: Preliminary Results
of Changed Circumstances Review, 89 FR 2583 (January 16, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ The petitioner is the COALITION, an ad hoc association whose
members are: U.S. Lumber Coalition, Inc.; Collum's Lumber Products,
L.L.C.; Fox Lumber Sales, Inc.; Hankins, Inc.; Pleasant River Lumber
Company; PotlatchDeltic; S.I. Storey Lumber Co., Inc.; Stimson
Lumber Company; Swanson Group; Weyerhaeuser Company; Giustina Land
and Timber Company; and Sullivan Forestry Consultants, Inc.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Letter in Lieu of
Case Brief,'' dated January 26, 2024.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this Order is softwood lumber, siding,
flooring, and certain other coniferous wood (softwood lumber products).
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Results PDM.
Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review
For the reasons stated in the Preliminary Results, and because we
received no comments from interested parties to the contrary, Commerce
continues to find that Interfor Corporation, EACOM Timber Corporation,
Chaleur Forest Products Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP are cross-
owned entities.\4\ Because our findings remain unchanged from the
Preliminary Results, no decision memorandum accompanies this notice. We
are adopting the Preliminary Results as the final results in this CCR.
See the Preliminary Results PDM for a complete discussion of our
findings.
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\4\ However, as Commerce noted in the Preliminary Results, these
cross-ownership findings do not speak to the applicable cash deposit
rates of the relevant entities. See Preliminary Results, 89 FR at
2584 and PDM at footnote 36.
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Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written
notification of return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with
the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and
777(i)(1) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR
351.216(e), 351.221(b), and 351.221(c)(3).
Dated: March 6, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-05223 Filed 3-11-24; 8:45 am]
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