[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17811-17812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[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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