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1See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 

83 FR 347 (January 3, 2018) (Order). 

2The petitioner is the Committee Overseeing 

Action for Lumber International Trade 

Investigations or Negotiations, 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. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Changed 

Circumstances Review,’’ dated May 11, 2023. 

4 Id. 

5See Certain Softwood Lumber from Canada: 

Notice of Initiation of Changed Circumstances 

Review, 88 FR 48440 (July 27, 2023) (Initiation 

Notice). 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Changed 

Circumstances Review of the Countervailing Duty 

Order on Softwood Lumber Products from Canada,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

7The petitioner is an ad hoc association and the 

majority the members of the association are 

composed of interested parties as described in 

section 771(9)(C), (D), and (E) of the Act, with 

respect to a domestic like product. 

report electronically, as well as sends an 

email announcing the opening of the 

survey. Companies are asked to respond 

within 20 days of the initial mailing. 

The due date will be imprinted at the 

top of the letter and in the email 

notification. A reminder email is sent a 

week before the due date to delinquent 

respondents. Letters encouraging 

participation are mailed to companies 

that have not responded by the 

designated due date. A final email is 

sent to delinquent respondents with 

information for reporting online. Lastly, 

we conduct a telephone follow-up. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0175. 

Form Number(s): MQ–C2. 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for an Extension, without 

Change, of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Manufacturing and 

publishing plants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

7,500 per quarter. 

Estimated Time per Response: 20 to 

40 minutes, with an average of 30 

minutes. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 15,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (This is not the cost of 

respondents’ time, but the indirect costs 

respondents may incur for such things 

as purchases of specialized software or 

hardware needed to report, or 

expenditures for accounting or records 

maintenance services required 

specifically by the collection.) 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 8(b); 

50 U.S.C. 98, et. seq; 12 U.S.C. 244. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personally identifiable information in 

your comment, you should be aware 

that your entire comment—including 

your personally identifiable 

information—may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you may 

ask us in your comment to withhold 

your personally identifiable information 

from public review, we cannot 

guarantee that we will be able to do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00619 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–122–858] 

Certain Softwood Lumber From 

Canada: Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Review 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminary 

determines that four producers/ 

exporters subject to the countervailing 

duty (CVD) order on certain softwood 

lumber from Canada, Interfor 

Corporation, EACOM Timber 

Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products 

Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP, 

are cross-owned entities. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable January 16, 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 3, 2018, Commerce 

published the CVD order on certain 

softwood lumber from Canada.1 On May 

11, 2023, the petitioner 2 requested that 

Commerce initiate a changed 

circumstances review (CCR) of the 

Order, pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act), 19 CFR 351.216, and 19 CFR 

251.221(c)(3).3 Specifically, the 

petitioner requested that Commerce 

determine that Interfor Corporation, 

EACOM Timber Corporation, Chaleur 

Forest Products Inc., and Chaleur Forest 

Products LP are cross-owned entities.4

On July 27, 2023, Commerce initiated 

the requested CCR.5

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, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.6

Preliminary Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review 

Pursuant to section 751(b) of the Act, 

Commerce is conducting a CCR based 

on a request from an interested party 7

that shows changed circumstances 

sufficient to warrant a review of an 

order. In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4) and (c)(3)(i), we 

preliminary find that the record 

contains information indicating that 

Interfor Corporation, EACOM Timber 

Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products 

Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP 

meet the definition of cross-ownership 

under 19 CFR 351.525(b)(6). 

For a complete discussion of the 

information that Interfor Corporation 

and the petitioner provided and the 

complete cross-ownership analysis, see 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

A list of topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

included as the appendix to this notice. 

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8Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 

CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the 

filing of case briefs. See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

10We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

11See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

12See 19 CFR 351.216(e). 

13See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada: Final Results and Final Rescission, in Part, 

of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 

2021, 88 FR 50103 (August 1, 2023). 

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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on the preliminary results of 

this CCR in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(1)(ii). Comments may be 

submitted to Commerce no later than 10 

days after the date of publication of this 

notice.8 Rebuttal comments may be filed 

with Commerce no later than five days 

after the comments are filed. Interested 

parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must 

submit: (1) a table of contents listing 

each issue; and (2) a table of 

authorities.9

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this CCR, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.10 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the executive 

summaries as the basis of the comment 

summaries included in the issues and 

decision memorandum that will 

accompany the final results in this CCR. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the executive summary of each issue. 

Note that Commerce has amended 

certain of its requirements pertaining to 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).11 All submissions must be 

filed electronically using the 

Enforcement and Compliance’s 

ACCESS. 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. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS, within ten days of publication 

of this notice in the Federal Register. 

Requests should contain: (1) the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number; 

(2) the number of participants; and (3) 

a list of issues to be discussed. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case 

briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, 

Commerce intends to hold the hearing 

at a time and date to be determined. 

Parties should confirm the date and the 

time of the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Final Results of the Changed 

Circumstances Review 

Commerce will issue the final results 

of this CCR, which will include its 

analysis of any written comments, no 

later than 270 days after the date on 

which this review was initiated.12 The 

current requirement for cash deposits of 

estimated antidumping and 

countervailing duties on all entries of 

subject merchandise will not change as 

the result of this preliminary CCR 

determination. As noted in the Initiation 

Notice and Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, the purpose of this CCR 

does not include identifying the 

applicable cash deposit rates, but rather 

making determinations of crossownership. Furthermore, we note that 

Interfor Corporation, EACOM Timber 

Corporation, Chaleur Forest Products 

Inc., and Chaleur Forest Products LP are 

all already receiving the same cash 

deposit rate assigned to non-selected 

companies.13

Notification to Interested Parties 

These preliminary results of a CCR 

and this notice are published in 

accordance with sections 751(b) and 

777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216, 

and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: January 9, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Preliminary Determination of CrossOwnership 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XC959] 

Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to 

Specified Activities; Taking Marine 

Mammals Incidental to Pile Driving and 

Removal To Improve the Auke Bay 

East Ferry Terminal 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of an incidental 

harassment authorization. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

regulations implementing the Marine 

Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) as 

amended, notification is hereby given 

that NMFS has issued an incidental 

harassment authorization (IHA) to 

Alaska Department of Transportation 

and Public Facilities (ADOT&PF) to 

incidentally harass, by Level A and 

Level B harassment, marine mammals 

during construction activities associated 

with a pile driving project for 

improvements to the Auke Bay East 

Ferry Terminal in Juneau, Alaska. 

DATES: This authorization is effective 

from October 1, 2024 through 

September 30, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Electronic copies of the 

application and supporting documents, 

as well as a list of the references cited 

in this document, may be obtained 

online at: https://www.fisheries.

noaa.gov/action/incidental-takeauthorization-alaska-departmenttransportation-pile-driving-andremoval. In case of problems accessing 

these documents, please call the contact 

listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Craig Cockrell, Office of Protected 

Resources, NMFS, (301) 427–8401. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The MMPA prohibits the ‘‘take’’ of 

marine mammals, with certain 

exceptions. Sections 101(a)(5)(A) and 

(D) of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1361 et 

seq.) direct the Secretary of Commerce 

(as delegated to NMFS) to allow, upon 

request, the incidental, but not 

intentional, taking of small numbers of 


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