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1See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 76690 (December 

8, 2011) and Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China: Countervailing Duty 

Order, 76 FR 76692 (December 8, 2011) 

(collectively, the Orders). 

2See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Review, 81 

FR 75808 (November 1, 2016). 

3See Letters from CAHP to Commerce, 

‘‘Petitioners’ Notice of Intent to Participate: FiveYear (‘‘Sunset’’) Review: Multilayered Wood 

Flooring from the People’s Republic of China’’ 

(November 16, 2016) for both AD and CVD reviews. 

4See Multilayered Wood Flooring from the 

People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the 

Expedited First Sunset Review of the Antidumping 

Duty Order, 82 FR 13092 (March 9, 2017) and 

Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People’s 

Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited First 

Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 82 

FR 12555 (March 6, 2017). 

5See Investigation Nos. 731–TA–1179 and 701– 

TA–476 (Review) Multilayered Wood Flooring from 

China, 82 FR 242 (December 19, 2017), and USITC 

Publication 4746 (December 2017), entitled 

Multilayered Wood Flooring from China: 

Investigation Nos. 701–TA–476 and 731–TA–1179 

(Review). 

6A ‘‘veneer’’ is a thin slice of wood, rotary cut, 

sliced or sawed from a log, bolt or flitch. Veneer is 

referred to as a ply when assembled. 

7 Department of Commerce Interpretive Note: 

Commerce interprets this language to refer to wood 

flooring products with a minimum of three layers. 

and into the future. Standards, 

guidelines, and other direction related 

to conservation of at-risk species will be 

evaluated for the Custer Gallatin 

National Forest in the EIS. 

This proposed action is programmatic 

in nature and guides future 

implementation of site-specific projects. 

Additional National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) compliance would be 

required for site-specific projects as part 

of a two-stage decision making process 

(40 CFR 1508.23, 42 U.S.C. 4322(2)(C)), 

36 CFR 219.7(f)). 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the draft forest plan and 

draft EIS. We are seeking your input to 

continue to develop the Custer Gallatin 

National Forest revised plan. 

Community meetings will be held to 

provide additional information and 

address questions related to the 

proposed action. Dates and locations 

will be posted on the Custer Gallatin 

Forest plan revision web page at 

www.fs.usda.gov/custergallatin and 

clicking on ‘‘Public Involvement.’’ Any 

changes to the meeting schedule will be 

communicated on the same web page. 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the 

environmental impact statement. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and as 

well as proposed solutions. Further 

instructions for providing comments 

that will assist the planning team in 

reviewing comments can be found at 

www.fs.usda.gov/custergallatin by 

clicking on ‘‘Forest Plan Revision— 

Commenting.’’ 

Decision Will Be Subject to Objection 

Only those individuals and entities 

who have submitted substantive formal 

comments related to the Custer Gallatin 

National Forest plan revision during the 

opportunities provided for public 

comment during the planning process 

will be eligible to file an objection (36 

CFR 219.53(a)). The decision to approve 

the revised forest plan for the Custer 

Gallatin National Forest will be subject 

to the objection process identified in 36 

CFR part 219 Subpart B (219.50 to 

219.62). 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

be part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered, however, anonymous 

comments will not provide the Agency 

with the ability to provide the 

respondent with subsequent 

environmental documents. 

Dated: December 8, 2017. 

Chris French, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–970, C–570–971] 

Multilayered Wood Flooring From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty 

Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of the 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

that revocation of the antidumping duty 

(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) 

orders on multilayered wood flooring 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and material injury to an industry in the 

United States, the Commerce is 

publishing a notice of continuation of 

the AD and CVD orders. 

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maliha Khan or Thomas Martin (AD 

order), Office IV; telephone: 202–482– 

0895 or 202–482–3936, respectively, or 

Robert James or John Anwesen (CVD 

order), Office VIII; telephone: 202–482– 

0649 or 202–482–0131, respectively; 

AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 8, 2011, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

AD and CVD orders on multilayered 

wood flooring from the PRC.1 On 

November 1, 2016, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register the initiation 

notice for the first sunset review of the 

Orders on multilayered wood flooring 

from China, pursuant to section 751(c) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act).2 On November 16, 2016, 

Commerce received a timely notice of 

intent to participate in these reviews 

from the Coalition for American 

Hardwood Parity (CAHP), a domestic 

interested party, within the 15-day 

deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i).3 As a result of its 

reviews, Commerce determined that 

revocation of the Orders on 

multilayered wood flooring from China 

would likely lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and 

countervailable subsidies and notified 

the ITC of the magnitude of the margins 

and net countervailable subsidy rates 

likely to prevail should these Orders be 

revoked.4 On December 19, 2017, the 

ITC published its determination that 

revocation of the Orders would likely 

lead to a continuation or recurrence of 

material injury to an industry in the 

United States within a reasonably 

foreseeable time, pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Act.5

Scope of the Orders 

Multilayered wood flooring is 

composed of an assembly of two or 

more layers or plies of wood veneer(s) 6

in combination with a core.7 The several 

layers, along with the core, are glued or 

otherwise bonded together to form a 

final assembled product. Multilayered 

wood flooring is often referred to by 

other terms, e.g., ‘‘engineered wood 

flooring’’ or ‘‘plywood flooring.’’ 

Regardless of the particular terminology, 

all products that meet the description 


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set forth herein are intended for 

inclusion within the definition of 

subject merchandise. 

All multilayered wood flooring is 

included within the definition of subject 

merchandise, without regard to: 

Dimension (overall thickness, thickness 

of face ply, thickness of back ply, 

thickness of core, and thickness of inner 

plies; width; and length); wood species 

used for the face, back, and inner 

veneers; core composition; and face 

grade. Multilayered wood flooring 

included within the definition of subject 

merchandise may be unfinished (i.e., 

without a finally finished surface to 

protect the face veneer from wear and 

tear) or ‘‘prefinished’’ (i.e., a coating 

applied to the face veneer, including, 

but not exclusively, oil or oil-modified 

or water-based polyurethanes, 

ultraviolet light cured polyurethanes, 

wax, epoxy-ester finishes, moisturecured urethanes and acid-curing 

formaldehyde finishes). The veneers 

may be also soaked in an acrylicimpregnated finish. All multilayered 

wood flooring is included within the 

definition of subject merchandise 

regardless of whether the face (or back) 

of the product is smooth, wire brushed, 

distressed by any method or multiple 

methods, or hand-scraped. In addition, 

all multilayered wood flooring is 

included within the definition of subject 

merchandise regardless of whether or 

not it is manufactured with any 

interlocking or connecting mechanism 

(for example, tongue-and-groove 

construction or locking joints). All 

multilayered wood flooring is included 

within the definition of the subject 

merchandise regardless of whether the 

product meets a particular industry or 

similar standard. 

The core of multilayered wood 

flooring may be composed of a range of 

materials, including but not limited to 

hardwood or softwood veneer, 

particleboard, medium-density 

fiberboard, high-density fiberboard 

(HDF), stone and/or plastic composite, 

or strips of lumber placed edge-to-edge. 

Multilayered wood flooring products 

generally, but not exclusively, may be in 

the form of a strip, plank, or other 

geometrical patterns (e.g., circular, 

hexagonal). All multilayered wood 

flooring products are included within 

this definition regardless of the actual or 

nominal dimensions or form of the 

product. Specifically excluded from the 

scope are cork flooring and bamboo 

flooring, regardless of whether any of 

the sub-surface layers of either flooring 

are made from wood. Also excluded is 

laminate flooring. Laminate flooring 

consists of a top wear layer sheet not 

made of wood, a decorative paper layer, 

a core-layer of HDF, and a stabilizing 

bottom layer. 

Imports of the subject merchandise 

are provided for under the following 

subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS): 

4412.31.0520; 4412.31.0540; 

4412.31.0560; 4412.31.2510; 

4412.31.2520; 4412.31.4040; 

4412.31.4050; 4412.31.4060; 

4412.31.4070; 4412.31.4075; 

4412.31.4080; 4412.31.5125; 

4412.31.5135; 4412.31.5155; 

4412.31.5165; 4412.31.6000; 

4412.31.9100; 4412.32.0520; 

4412.32.0540; 4412.32.0560; 

4412.32.0565; 4412.32.0570; 

4412.32.2510; 4412.32.2520; 

4412.32.2525; 4412.32.2530; 

4412.32.3125; 4412.32.3135; 

4412.32.3155; 4412.32.3165; 

4412.32.3175; 4412.32.3185; 

4412.32.5600; 4412.39.1000; 

4412.39.3000; 4412.39.4011; 

4412.39.4012; 4412.39.4019; 

4412.39.4031; 4412.39.4032; 

4412.39.4039; 4412.39.4051; 

4412.39.4052; 4412.39.4059; 

4412.39.4061; 4412.39.4062; 

4412.39.4069; 4412.39.5010; 

4412.39.5030; 4412.39.5050; 

4412.94.1030; 4412.94.1050; 

4412.94.3105; 4412.94.3111; 

4412.94.3121; 4412.94.3131; 

4412.94.3141; 4412.94.3160; 

4412.94.3171; 4412.94.4100; 

4412.94.5100; 4412.94.6000; 

4412.94.7000; 4412.94.8000; 

4412.94.9000; 4412.94.9500; 

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; 

4412.99.5100; 4412.99.5105; 

4412.99.5115; 4412.99.5710; 

4412.99.6000; 4412.99.7000; 

4412.99.8000; 4412.99.9000; 

4412.99.9500; 4418.71.2000; 

4418.71.9000; 4418.72.2000; 

4418.72.9500; and 9801.00.2500. 

While HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

subject merchandise is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Orders 

As a result of the determinations by 

Commerce and the ITC that revocation 

of the Orders would likely lead to a 

continuation or recurrence of dumping 

and countervailable subsidies and 

material injury to an industry in the 

United States, pursuant to section 

751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(a), Commerce hereby orders the 

continuation of these Orders on 

multilayered wood flooring from China. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection will 

continue to collect AD and CVD cash 

deposits at the rates in effect at the time 

of entry for all imports of subject 

merchandise. 

The effective date of the continuation 

of these Orders will be the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of continuation. Pursuant to 

section 751(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce 

intends to initiate the next five-year 

review of these Orders not later than 30 

days prior to the fifth anniversary of the 

effective date of continuation. 

These five-year sunset reviews and 

this notice are in accordance with 

section 751(c) of the Act and published 

pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: December 21, 2017. 

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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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Adminstration 

[A–441–801] 

Certain Cold-Drawn Mechanical Tubing 

of Carbon and Alloy Steel From 

Switzerland: Amended Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is amending the 

preliminary determination of sales at 

less than fair value (LTFV) in the 

antidumping duty investigation of 

certain cold-drawn mechanical tubing of 

carbon and alloy steel (cold-drawn 

mechanical tubing) from Switzerland to 

correct significant ministerial errors 

alleged by each of the mandatory 

respondents in this proceeding. 

DATES: Applicable January 3, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel LaCivita, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, and Amanda Brings, 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) 482–4243 or (202) 482–3927, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 


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