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3See Metal Grating Coalition’s Letter, ‘‘Steel 

Grating from the People’s Republic of China: Notice 

of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review’’ dated 

October 16, 2020. 

4See Metal Grating Coalition’s Letter, ‘‘Steel 

Grating from the People’s Republic of China: 

Substantive Response to the Notice of Initiation of 

Sunset Review,’’ dated November 2, 2020. 

5See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews 

Initiated on October 1, 2020,’’ dated November 20, 

2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Expedited Second Sunset 

Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Steel 

Grating from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

1See Certain Hardwood Plywood Products from 

the People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

and Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 504 (January 

4, 2018), and Certain Hardwood Plywood Products 

from the People’s Republic of China: Countervailing 

Duty Order, 82 FR 513 (January 4, 2018) 

(collectively, Orders). 

2See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Hardwood Plywood 

Products from the People’s Republic of China: 

Request for Changed Circumstances Review and 

Partial Revocation,’’ dated October 15, 2020 (CCR 

Request); Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Clarification of 

Changed Circumstances Review and Partial 

Revocation Request,’’ dated November 12, 2020; 

Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Clarification of Changed 

Circumstances Review and Partial Revocation 

in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).3 The Metal 

Grating Coalition claimed interested 

party status under section 771(9)(F) of 

the Act, as each member is a 

manufacturer of the domestic like 

product in the United States and, 

accordingly, are domestic interested 

parties under section 771(9)(C) of the 

Act. 

Commerce received a substantive 

response from the Metal Grating 

Coalition 4 within the 30-day deadline 

specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We 

did not receive a substantive response 

from any other domestic or interested 

parties in this proceeding, nor was a 

hearing requested. 

On November 20, 2020, Commerce 

notified the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) that it did not receive 

an adequate substantive response from 

respondent interested parties.5 As a 

result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted an expedited (120-day) 

sunset review of this Order. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

scope of this Order is steel grating. 

Imports of merchandise included within 

the scope of this Order are currently 

classifiable under subheading 

7308.90.7000 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Although the HTSUS subheading is 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise covered by the scope of the 

Order is dispositive. For a complete 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.6

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in this sunset review 

are addressed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. A list of topics discussed 

in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to this notice. The Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via the Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

on the internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed 

and electronic versions of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum are identical in 

content. 

Final Results of Sunset Review 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(b) of the Act, we determine that 

revocation of the CVD order on steel 

grating from China would be likely to 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

countervailable subsidies at the 

following rates: 

Manufacturers/producers/ 

exporters 

Net 

countervailable 

subsidy 

(percent) 

Ningbo Jiulong Machinery Manufacturing Co., Ltd .............................. 62.46 

All Others ........................................ 62.46 

Administrative Protective Order (APO) 

This notice also serves as the only 

reminder to parties subject to an APO of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Timely notification of the 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 violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing the 

final results and this notice in 

accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), 

and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.218. 

Dated: January 29, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. History of the Order 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of a Countervailable Subsidy 

2. Net Countervailable Subsidy Rates 

Likely To Prevail 

3. Nature of the Subsidies 

VII. Final Results of Sunset Review 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–051; C–570–052] 

Certain Hardwood Plywood Products 

From the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Changed 

Circumstances Reviews 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is initiating changed 

circumstances reviews (CCRs) of the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

certain hardwood plywood products 

(hardwood plywood) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China). 

DATES: Applicable February 9, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicolas Mayora, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3053. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On January 4, 2018, Commerce 

published the AD and CVD orders on 

hardwood plywood from China.1 On 

October 15, 2020, the Coalition for Fair 

Trade in Hardwood Plywood (the 

petitioner), requested that Commerce 

initiate CCRs to revoke, in part, the AD 

and CVD orders on hardwood plywood 

from China with respect to certain 

finished laminated veneer lumber (LVL) 

door stiles and rails, pursuant to section 

751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.216(b).2 The petitioner also 


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Request,’’ dated November 17, 2020; and 

Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Hardwood Plywood Products 

from the People’s Republic of China: Response to 

Clarification of Changed Circumstances Review and 

Partial Revocation Request,’’ dated December 10, 

2020 (CCR Clarification Response). 

3See CCR Request at 8; and CCR Clarification 

Response at 7. 

4 Id. at 3. 

5 Id. at 6. 

6 Id. 

7 In its administrative practice, Commerce has 

interpreted ‘‘substantially all’’ to mean at least 85 

percent of the total production of the domestic like 

product covered by the order. See, e.g., 

Supercalendered Paper from Canada: Final Results 

of Changed Circumstances Review and Revocation 

of Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 32268 (July 12, 

2018). 

8See CCR Request at 6–7 (identifying percentage 

production in 2019 (designated as business 

proprietary information)); see also CCR Clarification 

Response. 

9See 19 CFR 351.216(c); see also Certain 

Hardwood Plywood Products from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, and Final Affirmative 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 82 

FR 53460 (November 16, 2017), and Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Certain Hardwood Plywood 

Products from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Determination, and Final Affirmative 

Critical Circumstances Determination, in Part, 82 

FR 53473 (November 16, 2017) (collectively, Final 

Determinations). 

10See, e.g., Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat 

Products from Japan: Initiation and Preliminary 

Results of Changed Circumstances Review, and 

Intent to Revoke Order in Part, 82 FR 821 (January 

4, 2017) (finding that ‘‘Petitioners’ affirmative 

statement of no interest in the order . . . . . 

constitutes good cause for the conduct of this 

review’’). 

11See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products 

from the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 86 FR 63 (January 4, 2021); see also 

Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 86 FR 67 

(January 4, 2021). 

12Submissions of rebuttal factual information 

must comply with 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2); see also 

Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service 

Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of 

Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) 

(Temporary Rule). 

13See Temporary Rule. 

requested that Commerce 

simultaneously issue the initiation and 

preliminary results partially revoking 

the Orders and that it conduct these 

CCRs on an expedited basis.3

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these 

Orders is hardwood plywood from 

China. For a complete description of the 

scope of the Orders, see Appendix. 

Proposed Revocation of the Orders, in 

Part 

The petitioner requests that the 

Orders be revoked, in part, with respect 

to certain door stiles and rails made of 

LVL that have a width not to exceed 50 

millimeters, a thickness not to exceed 

50 millimeters, and a length of less than 

2,450 millimeters.4 The petitioner 

further requests that Commerce specify 

an effective date of this partial 

revocation to the Orders that coincides 

with the preliminary determinations of 

the AD and CVD investigations in these 

proceedings, i.e., June 23, 2017, and 

April 25, 2017, respectively.5 Should 

Commerce determine to partially revoke 

the Orders, the petitioner proposes that 

Commerce amend the scope language as 

follows: ‘‘Also excluded are laminated 

veneer lumber door stiles and rails that 

have a width not to exceed 50 

millimeters, a thickness not to exceed 

50 millimeters, and a length of less than 

2,450 millimeters.’’ 6

Initiation of Changed Circumstances 

Reviews 

Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce 

will conduct a CCR of an AD or CVD 

order when it receives information 

which shows changed circumstances 

sufficient to warrant such a review. 

Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that Commerce 

may revoke an order (in whole or in 

part) if it determines that producers 

accounting for substantially all of the 

production of the domestic like product 

have no further interest in the order, in 

whole or in part. In the event Commerce 

determines that expedited action is 

warranted, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3)(ii) 

permits Commerce to combine the 

notices of initiation and preliminary 

results. 

The petitioner asserts that it accounts 

for ‘‘substantially all’’ 7 of the domestic 

production of hardwood plywood.8 We 

are not combining this notice of 

initiation with a preliminary 

determination, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.222(c)(3)(ii), to provide interested 

parties with an opportunity to address 

the issue of domestic industry support 

with respect to this requested partial 

revocation of the Orders. Additionally, 

we request that interested parties notify 

Commerce if they have made any 

shipments of merchandise covered by 

the revocation request (door stiles and 

rails made of LVL that have a width not 

to exceed 50 millimeters, a thickness 

not to exceed 50 millimeters, and a 

length of less than 2,450 millimeters) 

that (a) were entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after June 23, 2017, and April 25, 2017, 

and (b) are subject to ongoing litigation 

and enjoined from liquidation. After 

examining comments, if any, concerning 

these issues, we will issue the 

preliminary results of these CCRs. 

Based on the petitioner’s affirmative 

statement of no interest in the Orders 

with respect to certain finished LVL 

door stiles and rails, and because more 

than 24 months have passed since the 

publication of the Final 

Determinations,9 we find that the 

conditions warrant initiation of these 

CCRs.10 According to the petitioner, 

certain specific LVL door stiles and rails 

are more appropriately considered wood 

mouldings and/or millwork products 

and should not be covered by the scope 

of the Orders. Instead, these products 

should be covered by the scope of the 

AD and CVD investigations on wood 

mouldings and millwork products from 

China.11

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

provide comments and/or factual 

information regarding these CCRs, 

including comments on industry 

support, the proposed partial revocation 

language, and whether any of their 

entries are covered by this revocation 

request but enjoined from liquidation 

due to an injunction issued in ongoing 

litigation. Comments and factual 

information may be submitted to 

Commerce no later than ten days after 

the date of publication of this notice. 

Rebuttal comments and rebuttal factual 

information may be filed with 

Commerce no later than seven days after 

the comments and/or factual 

information are filed.12 Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information until further 

notice.13 All submissions must be filed 

electronically using the Enforcement 

and Compliance’s AD and CVD 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. An electronically-filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the due date set forth 

in this notice. 

Preliminary and Final Results of the 

Review 

Commerce intends to publish in the 

Federal Register a notice of the 

preliminary results of these AD and 

CVD CCRs in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i), which will 

set forth Commerce’s preliminary 

factual and legal conclusions. 

Commerce will issue its final results of 

these CCRs in accordance with the time 

limits set forth in 19 CFR 351.216(e). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is published in 

accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1). 


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Dated: January 25, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix—Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise subject to these Orders is 

hardwood and decorative plywood, and 

certain veneered panels as described below. 

For purposes of this proceeding, hardwood 

and decorative plywood is defined as a 

generally flat, multilayered plywood or other 

veneered panel, consisting of two or more 

layers or plies of wood veneers and a core, 

with the face and/or back veneer made of 

non-coniferous wood (hardwood) or bamboo. 

The veneers, along with the core may be 

glued or otherwise bonded together. 

Hardwood and decorative plywood may 

include products that meet the American 

National Standard for Hardwood and 

Decorative Plywood, ANSI/HPVA HP–1– 

2016 (including any revisions to that 

standard). 

For purposes of this proceeding a ‘‘veneer’’ 

is a slice of wood regardless of thickness 

which is cut, sliced or sawed from a log, bolt, 

or flitch. The face and back veneers are the 

outermost veneer of wood on either side of 

the core irrespective of additional surface 

coatings or covers as described below. 

The core of hardwood and decorative 

plywood consists of the layer or layers of one 

or more material(s) that are situated between 

the face and back veneers. The core may be 

composed of a range of materials, including 

but not limited to hardwood, softwood, 

particleboard, or medium-density fiberboard 

(MDF). 

All hardwood plywood is included within 

the scope of these Orders regardless of 

whether or not the face and/or back veneers 

are surface coated or covered and whether or 

not such surface coating(s) or covers obscures 

the grain, textures, or markings of the wood. 

Examples of surface coatings and covers 

include, but are not limited to: Ultra violet 

light cured polyurethanes; oil or oil-modified 

or water based polyurethanes; wax; epoxyester finishes; moisture-cured urethanes; 

paints; stains; paper; aluminum; high 

pressure laminate; MDF; medium density 

overlay (MDO); and phenolic film. 

Additionally, the face veneer of hardwood 

plywood may be sanded; smoothed or given 

a ‘‘distressed’’ appearance through such 

methods as hand-scraping or wire brushing. 

All hardwood plywood is included within 

the scope even if it is trimmed; cut-to-size; 

notched; punched; drilled; or has underwent 

other forms of minor processing. 

All hardwood and decorative plywood is 

included within the scope of these Orders, 

without regard to dimension (overall 

thickness, thickness of face veneer, thickness 

of back veneer, thickness of core, thickness 

of inner veneers, width, or length). However, 

the most common panel sizes of hardwood 

and decorative plywood are 1,219 x 1,829 

mm (48 x 72 inches), 1,219 x 2,438 mm (48 

x 96 inches), and 1,219 x 3,048 mm (48 x 120 

inches). 

Subject merchandise also includes 

hardwood and decorative plywood that has 

been further processed in a third country, 

including but not limited to trimming, 

cutting, notching, punching, drilling, or any 

other processing that would not otherwise 

remove the merchandise from the scope of 

the Orders if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the in-scope product. 

The scope of the Orders excludes the 

following items: (1) Structural plywood (also 

known as ‘‘industrial plywood’’ or 

‘‘industrial panels’’) that is manufactured to 

meet U.S. Products Standard PS 1–09, PS 2– 

09, or PS 2–10 for Structural Plywood 

(including any revisions to that standard or 

any substantially equivalent international 

standard intended for structural plywood), 

and which has both a face and a back veneer 

of coniferous wood; (2) products which have 

a face and back veneer of cork; (3) 

multilayered wood flooring, as described in 

the antidumping duty and countervailing 

duty orders on Multilayered Wood Flooring 

from the People’s Republic of China, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration. See Multilayered Wood 

Flooring from the People’s Republic of China, 

76 FR 76690 (December 8, 2011) (amended 

final determination of sales at less than fair 

value and antidumping duty order), and 

Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China, 76 FR 76693 

(December 8, 2011) (countervailing duty 

order), as amended by Multilayered Wood 

Flooring from the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Orders, 77 FR 5484 (February 3, 2012); 

(4) multilayered wood flooring with a face 

veneer of bamboo or composed entirely of 

bamboo; (5) plywood which has a shape or 

design other than a flat panel, with the 

exception of any minor processing described 

above; (6) products made entirely from 

bamboo and adhesives (also known as ‘‘solid 

bamboo’’); and (7) Phenolic Film Faced 

Plyform (PFF), also known as Phenolic 

Surface Film Plywood (PSF), defined as a 

panel with an ‘‘Exterior’’ or ‘‘Exposure 1’’ 

bond classification as is defined by The 

Engineered Wood Association, having an 

opaque phenolic film layer with a weight 

equal to or greater than 90g/m3 permanently 

bonded on both the face and back veneers 

and an opaque, moisture resistant coating 

applied to the edges. 

Excluded from the scope of these Orders 

are wooden furniture goods that, at the time 

of importation, are fully assembled and are 

ready for their intended uses. Also excluded 

from the scope of these Orders is ‘‘ready to 

assemble’’ (RTA) furniture. RTA furniture is 

defined as (A) furniture packaged for sale for 

ultimate purchase by an end-user that, at the 

time of importation, includes (1) all wooden 

components (in finished form) required to 

assemble a finished unit of furniture, (2) all 

accessory parts (e.g., screws, washers, 

dowels, nails, handles, knobs, adhesive 

glues) required to assemble a finished unit of 

furniture, and (3) instructions providing 

guidance on the assembly of a finished unit 

of furniture; (B) unassembled bathroom 

vanity cabinets, having a space for one or 

more sinks, that are imported with all 

unassembled hardwood and hardwood 

plywood components that have been cut-tofinal dimensional component shape/size, 

painted or stained prior to importation, and 

stacked within a singled shipping package, 

except for furniture feet which may be 

packed and shipped separately; or (C) 

unassembled bathroom vanity linen closets 

that are imported with all unassembled 

hardwood and hardwood plywood 

components that have been cut-to-final 

dimensional shape/size, painted or stained 

prior to importation, and stacked within a 

single shipping package, except for furniture 

feet which may be packed and shipped 

separately. 

Excluded from the scope of these Orders 

are kitchen cabinets that, at the time of 

importation, are fully assembled and are 

ready for their intended uses. Also excluded 

from the scope of these Orders are RTA 

kitchen cabinets. RTA kitchen cabinets are 

defined as kitchen cabinets packaged for sale 

for ultimate purchase by an end-user that, at 

the time of importation, includes (1) all 

wooden components (in finished form) 

required to assemble a finished unit of 

cabinetry, (2) all accessory parts (e.g., screws, 

washers, dowels, nails, handles, knobs, 

hooks, adhesive glues) required to assemble 

a finished unit of cabinetry, and (3) 

instructions providing guidance on the 

assembly of a finished unit of cabinetry. 

Excluded from the scope of these Orders 

are finished table tops, which are table tops 

imported in finished form with pre-cut or 

drilled openings to attach the underframe or 

legs. The table tops are ready for use at the 

time of import and require no further 

finishing or processing. 

Excluded from the scope of these Orders 

are finished countertops that are imported in 

finished form and require no further 

finishing or manufacturing. 

Excluded from the scope of these Orders 

are laminated veneer lumber door and 

window components with (1) a maximum 

width of 44 millimeters, a thickness from 30 

millimeters to 72 millimeters, and a length of 

less than 2413 millimeters (2) water boiling 

point exterior adhesive, (3) a modulus of 

elasticity of 1,500,000 pounds per square 

inch or higher, (4) finger-jointed or lapjointed core veneer with all layers oriented 

so that the grain is running parallel or with 

no more than 3 dispersed layers of veneer 

oriented with the grain running 

perpendicular to the other layers; and (5) top 

layer machined with a curved edge and one 

or more profile channels throughout. 

Imports of hardwood plywood are 

primarily entered under the following 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS) subheadings: 4412.10.0500; 

4412.31.0520; 4412.31.0540; 4412.31.0560; 

4412.31.0620; 4412.31.0640; 4412.31.0660; 

4412.31.2510; 4412.31.2520; 4412.31.2610; 

4412.31.2620; 4412.31.4040; 4412.31.4050; 

4412.31.4060; 4412.31.4075; 4412.31.4080; 

4412.31.4140; 4412.31.4150; 4412.31.4160; 

4412.31.4180; 4412.31.5125; 4412.31.5135; 

4412.31.5155; 4412.31.5165; 4412.31.5175; 

4412.31.5235; 4412.31.5255; 4412.31.5265; 

4412.31.5275; 4412.31.6000; 4412.31.6100; 

4412.31.9100; 4412.31.9200; 4412.32.0520; 

4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0565; 4412.32.0570; 

4412.32.0620; 4412.32.0640; 4412.32.0670; 

4412.32.2510; 4412.32.2525; 4412.32.2530; 

4412.32.2610; 4412.32.2630; 4412.32.3125; 

4412.32.3135; 4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165; 

4412.32.3175; 4412.32.3185; 4412.32.3235; 


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4412.32.3255; 4412.32.3265; 4412.32.3275; 

4412.32.3285; 4412.32.5600; 4412.32.3235; 

4412.32.3255; 4412.32.3265; 4412.32.3275; 

4412.32.3285; 4412.32.5700; 4412.94.1030; 

4412.94.1050; 4412.94.3105; 4412.94.3111; 

4412.94.3121; 4412.94.3141; 4412.94.3161; 

4412.94.3175; 4412.94.4100; 4412.99.0600; 

4412.99.1020; 4412.99.1030; 4412.99.1040; 

4412.99.3110; 4412.99.3120; 4412.99.3130; 

4412.99.3140; 4412.99.3150; 4412.99.3160; 

4412.99.3170; 4412.99.4100; 4412.99.5115; 

and 4412.99.5710. 

Imports of hardwood plywood may also 

enter under HTSUS subheadings 

4412.99.6000; 4412.99.7000; 4412.99.8000; 

4412.99.9000; 4412.10.9000; 4412.94.5100; 

4412.94.9500; and 4412.99.9500. While the 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of these 

Orders is dispositive. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

National Sea Grant College Program 

(NSGCP) Notice of Solicitation of 

Letters of Intent 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research (OAR), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of solicitation of letters 

of intent to apply to become the Guam 

Sea Grant Institutional Program. 

SUMMARY: The National Sea Grant 

College Program is requesting letters of 

intent from eligible applicants to 

become a Sea Grant Institutional 

Program serving the United States 

territory of Guam. An Institutional 

Program can be defined as a program 

that has demonstrated competence as a 

Coherent Area Program and has shown 

the ability to support broad 

responsibilities for the development of 

Sea Grant state, regional, and national 

activities, engaging all of the institutions 

of higher learning in the region. Only 

institutions that have been the host 

entity of a Sea Grant Coherent Area 

Program for at least three years are 

eligible to apply. The National Sea 

Grant College Act of 1976, as amended 

by 33 U.S.C. 1121 et seq. (the ‘‘Act’’ 

hereinafter) authorizes the NOAA to 

designate a Sea Grant institution on the 

basis of merit and that such designation 

is consistent with the goals of the Act. 

DATES: Letters of intent must be received 

by March 11, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Letters of intent will be 

accepted by email to oar.sg.info-admin@

noaa.gov. Please put ‘‘Guam 

Institutional Program’’ in the Subject 

line. All letters of intent will be 

acknowledged. If you do not receive an 

acknowledgement of your letter of 

intent within five days of sending it, 

please contact us using the information 

below. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Currently, 

34 Sea Grant Programs are located in 

every coastal and Great Lakes state, 

Guam and Puerto Rico. These Programs 

are partnerships between the Federal 

government and universities or other 

institutions with higher learning 

mandates, funded by Federal grants. 

More information about the National 

Sea Grant College Program can be found 

at http://seagrant.noaa.gov/. There is 

currently no Sea Grant Program whose 

main area of service is Guam that has 

been recognized with Institutional or 

College status. 

To be eligible to apply to this 

solicitation, an institution must have 

been the host entity of a Sea Grant 

Coherent Area Program for a minimum 

of three years. A ‘‘Coherent Area 

Program’’ is a grant-funded program 

selected by NOAA in order to conduct 

Sea Grant activities limited in 

geographic area and/or scope. All 

Coherent Area Programs are subject to 

Sea Grant review procedures and are 

periodically evaluated against Sea Grant 

project evaluation criteria. 

A letter of intent must include the 

following information: A non-binding 

statement of intent to submit a full 

application to be considered for a Guam 

Institutional Sea Grant Program; 

—Identification (name, address, and 

type of organization) of the 

institution, or group of institutions, 

that will submit the full application; 

—Affirmation that the sender of the 

letter is authorized to represent that 

institution or group in seeking 

designation as an Institutional Sea 

Grant Program; 

—Name and contact details (including 

email address) of the person to whom 

correspondence should be sent. 

Eligible applicants who submit a 

letter of intent will be provided a 

complete information package on how 

to prepare and submit a full application, 

the criteria against which the 

application will be evaluated (which are 

drawn from regulation at 15 CFR 918.3 

‘‘Eligibility, qualifications, and 

responsibility of a Sea Grant College’’), 

the evaluation procedure (which may 

include both document review and a 

site visit), and the conditions on the 

institution or group that are associated 

with accepting Sea Grant Institutional 

Program status. 

Contact Information: For any 

additional questions concerning this 

solicitation, please contact Rebecca 

Briggs at 301–734–1084 or by email at 

rebecca.briggs@noaa.gov. Please put 

‘‘Guam Institutional Status’’ in the 

subject line. 

Dated: January 28, 2021. 

David Holst, 

Director Chief Financial Officer/CAO, Office 

of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2021–02579 Filed 2–8–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–KA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Department of Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda for the 

meeting of the Science Advisory Board 

(SAB). The members will discuss issues 

outlined in the section on Matters to be 

considered. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for 

March 15, 2021 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 

p.m. (EDT) and March 17, 2021 from 

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EDT). This time 

and the agenda topics described below 

are subject to change. 

For the latest agenda please refer to 

the SAB website: http://sab.noaa.gov/ 

SABMeetings.aspx. 

ADDRESSES: This is a virtual meeting. 

The webinar registration links for the 

March 15 and 17, 2021 meeting may be 

found on the website at http://

sab.noaa.gov/SABMeetings.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

SSMC3, Room 11230, 1315 East-West 

Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910; Phone 

Number: 301–734–1156; Email: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov; or visit the 

SAB website at http://sab.noaa.gov/ 

SABMeetings.aspx. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

NOAA Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

was established by a Decision 

Memorandum dated September 25, 

1997, and is the only Federal Advisory 

Committee with responsibility to advise 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Oceans and Atmosphere on strategies 

for research, education, and application 

of science to operations and information 

services. SAB activities and advice 


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