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1See Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from 

Canada: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 82 FR 41603 (September 1, 2017) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper from 

Canada: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 

82 FR 48681 (October 19, 2017). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Certain 

Uncoated Groundwood Paper from Canada,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice. 

of proposed panelists for a hearing on 

Access to Voting in Alabama. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, January 16, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. 

(Central). 

Public Call Information: Dial: 888– 

471–3840, Conference ID: 4589358. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Barreras, DFO, at dbarreras@

usccr.gov or 312–353–8311 

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Agenda 

Welcome and Roll Call 

Proposed Panelists for a hearing on 

Access to Voting in Alabama 

Discussion on a venue for the hearing 

Next Steps 

Public Comment 

Adjournment 

Exceptional Circumstance: Pursuant 

to 41 CFR 102–3.150, the notice for this 

meeting is given less than 15 calendar 

days prior to the meeting because of the 

exceptional circumstance of this 

Committee doing work on the FY 2018 

statutory enforcement report. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00564 Filed 1–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–122–862] 

Certain Uncoated Groundwood Paper 

From Canada: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, 

and Alignment of Final Determination 

With Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

certain uncoated groundwood paper 

(UGW paper) from Canada. The period 

of investigation is January 1, 2016, 

through December 31, 2016. 

DATES: Applicable January 16, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Crespo or Whitley Herndon, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3693 or (202) 482–6274, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on September 1, 2017.1 On October 19, 

2017, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now January 8, 2018.2 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 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 http:// 

access.trade.gov, and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

room B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is UGW paper from 

Canada. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e. , scope).5 Certain 

interested parties commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice. 

Commerce intends to issue its 

preliminary decision regarding 

comments concerning the scope of the 

antidumping (AD) and countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigations in the 

preliminary determination of the 

companion AD investigation. 


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6See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

7See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

8See Letter from the petitioner, ‘‘Countervailing 

Duty Investigation of Certain Uncoated 

Groundwood Paper from Canada: Request for 

Alignment,’’ dated December 18, 2017. 

9See MacLean-Fogg Co. v. United States, 753 

F.3d 1237 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (holding that voluntary 

respondents are considered ‘‘individually 

investigated’’ for purposes of calculating the allothers rate). Commerce accepted White Birch Paper 

Canada Company NSULC (White Birch) as a 

voluntary respondent in this investigation. 

However, we have preliminarily calculated a de 

minimis subsidy rate for White Birch; thus, in 

accordance with Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act, we have not included White Birch’s de 

minimis subsidy rate in the calculation of the allothers rate for this preliminary determination. 

10See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Certain Uncoated Groundwood 

Paper from Canada: All Others Rate Calculation for 

Preliminary Determination,’’ dated January 8, 2018. 

11As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Catalyst Paper 

Corporation: Catalyst Paper, Catalyst Pulp 

Operations Limited, and Catalyst Pulp and Paper 

Sales Inc. 

12As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Kruger TroisRivieres L.P.: Kruger Publication Papers Inc., Corner 

Brook Pulp and Paper Limited, Kruger Energy 

Bromptonville LP, Kruger Holdings L.P., Kruger 

Holdings GP Inc., and Kruger Inc. 

13As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with Resolute FP 

Canada Inc.: Resolute FP Canada, Fibrek General 

Partnership (Fibrek), and Resolute Growth. 

14As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with White Birch 

Paper Canada Company NSULC: Papier Masson WB 

(White Birch) LP, FF Soucy WB LP, and Stadacona 

WB LP. 

15See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e. , a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.6

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.7 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final CVD determination in this 

investigation with the final 

determination in the companion AD 

investigation of UGW paper from 

Canada based on a request made by the 

petitioner.8 Consequently, the final CVD 

determination will be issued on the 

same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

May 22, 2018, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

calculated individually estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates for 

Catalyst Paper Corporation (Catalyst), 

Kruger Trois-Rivieres L.P. (Kruger), and 

Resolute FP Canada Inc. (Resolute), that 

are not zero, de minimis , or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available.9

Commerce calculated the all-others rate 

using a weighted-average of the 

individually estimated subsidy rates 

calculated for the examined respondents 

using each company’s business 

proprietary data for the merchandise 

under consideration.10

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Ad Valorem, 

subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Catalyst Paper Corporation 11 .. 6.09 

Kruger Trois-Rivieres L.P12 ..... 9.93 

Resolute FP Canada Inc 13 ...... 4.42 

White Birch Paper Canada 

Company NSULC 14 .............. * 0.65 

All-Others .................................. 6.53 

* de minimis. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register . Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. Because the 

subsidy rate for White Birch is de 

minimis , Commerce is directing CBP 

not to suspend liquidation of entries of 

the merchandise from this company. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 

Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 


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16Supercalendering imparts a glossy finish 

produced by the movement of the paper web 

through a supercalender which is a stack of 

alternating rollers of metal and cotton (or other 

softer material). The supercalender runs at high 

speed and applies pressure, heat, and friction 

which glazes the surface of the paper, imparting 

gloss to the surface and increasing the paper’s 

smoothness and density. 

17The following HTSUS numbers are no longer 

active as of January 1, 2017: 4801.00.0020, 

4801.00.0040, 4802.61.3010, 4802.61.3091, and 

4802.62.6040. 

1See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from 

Ukraine: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 50375 

(October 31, 2017) (Preliminary Determination) and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 2The Department preliminarily determined not to 

further examine Duferco S.A. (Duferco) as part of 

this investigation because the evidence does not 

show that Duferco made any sales of subject 

merchandise in the United States during the POI. 

For the final determination, we continue to find 

that Duferco had no sales of subject merchandise 

during the POI. As such, any entries of subject 

merchandise exported by Duferco will be subject to 

the All-Others Rate. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation of Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod 

from Ukraine,’’ dated concurrently with this 

determination and hereby adopted by this notice 

(Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the final 

determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: January 8, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, performing the nonexclusive function and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation includes certain paper that has 

not been coated on either side and with 50 

percent or more of the cellulose fiber content 

consisting of groundwood pulp, including 

groundwood pulp made from recycled paper, 

weighing not more than 90 grams per square 

meter. Groundwood pulp includes all forms 

of pulp produced from a mechanical pulping 

process, such as thermo-mechanical process 

(TMP), chemi-thermo mechanical process 

(CTMP), bleached chemi-thermo mechanical 

process (BCTMP) or any other mechanical 

pulping process. The scope includes paper 

shipped in any form, including but not 

limited to both rolls and sheets. 

Certain uncoated groundwood paper 

includes but is not limited to standard 

newsprint, high bright newsprint, book 

publishing, directory, and printing and 

writing papers. The scope includes paper 

that is white, off-white, cream, or colored. 

Specifically excluded from the scope are 

imports of certain uncoated groundwood 

paper printed with final content of printed 

text or graphic. Also excluded are papers that 

otherwise meet this definition, but which 

have undergone a supercalendering 

process.16

Certain uncoated groundwood paper is 

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) in 

several subheadings, including 4801.00.0120, 

4801.00.0140, 4802.61.1000, 4802.61.2000, 

4802.61.3110, 4802.61.3191, 4802.61.6040, 

4802.62.1000, 4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000, 

4802.62.6140, 4802.69.1000, 4802.69.2000, 

and 4802.69.3000. Subject merchandise may 

also be imported under several additional 

subheadings including 4805.91.5000, 

4805.91.7000, and 4805.91.9000.17 Although 

the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope Comments 

IV. Injury Test 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Application of Facts Otherwise Available 

and Facts Otherwise Available With an 

Adverse Inference 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Conclusion 

Appendix I: Not-Used and Not-Measurable 

Programs, by Company 

[FR Doc. 2018–00570 Filed 1–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–823–816] 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From 

Ukraine: Affirmative Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Department) determines that imports of 

carbon and alloy steel wire rod (wire 

rod) from Ukraine are being, or are 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV). The final 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins of sales at LTFV are listed 

below in the section entitled ‘‘Final 

Determination.’’ The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2016, through 

December 31, 2016. 

DATES: Applicable January 16, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia 

Hancock or Courtney Canales, 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) 482–1394, or (202) 482–4997, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 31, 2017, the Department 

published the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register.1

The petitioners in this investigation are 

Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc., Nucor 

Corporation, Keystone Consolidated 

Industries, Inc., and Charter Steel 

(collectively, the petitioners). The 

mandatory respondents in this 

investigation are ArcelorMittal Steel 

Kryvyi Rih OJSC (AMKR) and Public 

Joint Stock Company (PJSC) Yenakiieve 

Steel (Yenakiieve).2 In the Preliminary 

Determination, the Department 

determined that the application of facts 

available with an adverse inference 

(AFA) was warranted as a result of 

AMKR’s and Yenakiieve’s failure to 

cooperate and provide complete, 

useable data in this investigation. 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since the Department 

published the Preliminary 

Determination, as well as a full 

discussion of the issues raised by parties 

for this final determination, may be 

found in the accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.3 The Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 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 http://

access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the 

main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov. The 

signed and electronic versions of the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are generally described as 


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