[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 228 (Monday, November 28, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85520-85521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28505]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-854]


Supercalendered Paper From Canada: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Expedited Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
expedited review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
supercalendered paper (SC paper) from Canada. The period of expedited 
review (POR) is January 1, 2014, through December 31, 2014. We 
preliminarily determine that Irving Paper Limited received 
countervailable subsidies during the POR. We also preliminarily 
determine that Catalyst Paper received de minimis countervailable 
subsidies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Effective November 28, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski or Toby Vandall, 
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1395 and (202) 482-
1664, respectively.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is SC paper. A full description 
of the scope of the order is contained in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\1\
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    \1\ See Memorandum from James Maeder, Senior Director, Office I, 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Gary 
Taverman, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, ``Preliminary Results of Expedited Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Supercalendered Paper from Canada,'' 
dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Methodology

    On December 10, 2015, the Department issued a countervailing duty 
order on SC paper from Canada.\2\ The Department is conducting this CVD 
expedited review in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(k). For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our preliminary conclusions, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The list of topics discussed 
in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an Appendix to 
this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document 
and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \2\ See Supercalendered Paper From Canada: Countervailing Duty 
Order, 80 FR 76668 (December 10, 2015).
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    We calculated a CVD rate for each producer/exporter of the subject 
merchandise that requested an expedited review.

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
countervailable subsidy rates to be:

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                Company                            Subsidy rate
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Catalyst Paper Corporation (Catalyst)..  0.79 percent (de minimis)
Irving Paper Limited (Irving)..........  7.99 percent
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    The Department will disclose to parties to this proceeding the 
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results 
within five days publication of this notice.\3\ Interested parties may 
submit case briefs within 30 days of publication of these preliminary 
results and rebuttal briefs no later than five days after the deadline 
for filing case briefs.\4\ Rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues 
raised in the case briefs.\5\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal 
briefs are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A statement of 
the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and, (3) a table of 
authorities.\6\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who 
wish to request a hearing must do so within 30 days of publication of 
these preliminary results by submitting a written request to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, filed electronically using ACCESS. Requests should contain 
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party's name, address, and telephone number; the number of 
participants; and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request 
for a hearing is made, we will inform parties of the scheduled date for 
the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, at a time and location 
to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, 
and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and (d)(1).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.214(h)(i)(2), the Department will issue the final results of this 
expedited review, including the results of its analysis of issues 
raised in any written briefs, within 90 days after the date of 
publication of these preliminary results.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    Pursuant to section 19 CFR 351.214(k)(iii), the final results of 
this expedited review will not be the basis for the assessment of 
countervailing duties. Upon issuing the final results, the Department 
intends to instruct Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the companies subject 
to this expedited review, at the rates shown above, on shipments of 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of 
this expedited review. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, 
shall remain in effect until further notice. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.214(k)(iv), however, if either Catalyst and/or Irving has a final 
estimated net subsidy rate that is zero or de minimis, they will be 
excluded from the order.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(h) and (k).

    Dated: November 22, 2016.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.

Appendix

    List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
    I. Summary
    II. Background
    III. Scope of the Order
    IV. Subsidies Valuation
    V. Analysis of Programs
    VI. Disclosure and Public Comment
    VII. Conclusion
[FR Doc. 2016-28505 Filed 11-25-16; 8:45 am]
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