[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32262-32263]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14922]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-854]


Supercalendered Paper From Canada: Notice of Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015 and 2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative reviews of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
supercalendared paper (SC paper) from Canada for the period of review 
August 3, 2015, through December 31, 2015, and the period of review 
January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.

DATES: Applicable July 12, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle or Nicholas Czajkowski, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0176 or (202) 482-
1395, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 1, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD 
order on SC paper from Canada for the period of review (POR) of August 
3, 2015, through December 31, 2015.\1\ Commerce received timely-filed 
requests from Verso Corporation (Verso); Catalyst Paper Corporation, 
Catalyst Pulp and Paper Sales Inc., and Catalyst Paper (USA) Inc. 
(collectively, Catalyst); Irving Paper Limited (Irving); Port 
Hawkesbury Paper LP (PHP); and Resolute FP Canada Inc and Resolute FP 
US Inc. (collectively, Resolute), in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), to conduct an 
administrative review of the CVD order.\2\ Based upon this request, on 
February 13, 2017, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act, 
Commerce published a notice of initiation.\3\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 81 FR 86694 (December 1, 2016).
    \2\ See Letter from Verso, ``Supercalendered Paper from Canada: 
Request for Administrative Review,'' January 3, 2017; see Letter 
from Catalyst, ``Supercalendered Paper from Canada: Request for 
Administrative Review,'' December 9, 2016; see Letter from Irving, 
``Supercalendered Paper from Canada, Inv. No. C-122-854--Request for 
Administrative Review and Request for Expansion of Review Period,'' 
December 23, 2016; see Letter from PHP, ``Supercalendered Paper from 
Canada: Request for Administrative Review,'' December 9, 2016; see 
Letter from Resolute, ``Supercalendered Paper from Canada: Request 
for Administrative Review (8/3/15-12/31/15),'' December 19, 2016.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 10457 (February 13, 2017).
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    On December 4, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD 
order on SC paper from Canada for the period of review (POR) of January 
1, 2016, through December 31, 2016.\4\ Commerce received timely-filed 
requests from Verso Corporation, Irving Paper Limited, Port Hawkesbury 
Paper LP, and Resolute FP Canada Inc and Resolute FP US Inc., in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act, to conduct an administrative 
review of the CVD order.\5\ Based upon this request, on February 23, 
2018, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act, Commerce published 
a notice of initiation.\6\
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    \4\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 83 FR 57219 (December 4, 2017).
    \5\ See Letter from Verso, ``Supercalendered Paper from Canada: 
Request for Administrative Review,'' December 29, 2017; see Letter 
from Irving, ``Supercalendered Paper from Canada, Inv. No. C-122-
854--Request for Administrative Review,'' December 15, 2017; see 
Letter from PHP, ``Supercalendered Paper from Canada: Request for 
Administrative Review,'' December 20, 2017; see Letter from 
Resolute, ``Supercalendered Paper from Canada: Request for 
Administrative Review (1/1/2016-12/31/2016),'' December 21, 2017.
    \6\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 8058 (February 23, 2018).
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    On July 5, 2018, Commerce revoked the CVD order on SC paper.\7\
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    \7\ See Supercalendered Paper from Canada: Final Results of 
Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation of Countervailing Duty 
Order, signed July 5, 2018.
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Rescission of Administrative Reviews

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(g), Commerce revoked the CVD order on SC 
paper from Canada. The effective date of the revocation of the CVD 
order is August 3, 2015. As a result of the revocation, we instructed 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to discontinue the suspension 
of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties, to liquidate all unliquidated entries that were 
entered on or after August 3, 2015, without regard to countervailing 
duties, and to refund all CVD cash deposits on all such merchandise, 
with applicable interest. These administrative reviews cover the period 
August 3, 2015 through December 31, 2015, and the period January 1, 
2016 through December 31,

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2016. Because the revocation is retroactive to August 3, 2015, the 
periods covered by these ongoing administrative reviews are no longer 
subject to the CVD order, and there is no basis for conducting the 
administrative review. Therefore, Commerce is rescinding these 
administrative reviews.

Assessment

    Because we ordered the liquidation of the entries subject to these 
administrative reviews, as a result of the revocation of the CVD order, 
there is no need to issue additional instructions to CBP.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written 
notification of the return/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 violation which is 
subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 751 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: July 5, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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