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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 20 (Friday, January 31, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8697-8698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02048]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-858]

Certain Softwood Lumber Products From Canada: Preliminary Results 
of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that TRAPA Forest Products Ltd. (TRAPA) is the successor-in-
interest (SII) to Trans-Pacific Trading Ltd. (Trans-Pacific) in the 
context of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain softwood 
lumber products (softwood lumber) from Canada. Interested parties are 
invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable January 31, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, 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) 482-4793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 3, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
CVD order on softwood lumber from Canada.\1\ On April 11, 2024, TRAPA 
filed a request for an expedited CVD changed circumstances review 
(CCR).\2\ In its CCR Request, TRAPA reported that effective April 8, 
2024, Trans-Pacific changed its name to TRAPA, and thus, requested 
Commerce to conduct a CCR to determine that TRAPA is the SII to Trans-
Pacific and assign to TRAPA the cash deposit rate of Trans-Pacific. On 
July 29, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register its notice of 
initiation of a CVD CCR for TRAPA.\3\
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    \1\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Amended 
Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 
Countervailing Duty Order, 83 FR 347 (January 3, 2018) (Order).
    \2\ See TRAPA's Letter, ``Request for Expedited Changed 
Circumstances Review,'' dated April 11, 2024 (CCR Request).
    \3\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Notice of 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 89 
FR 60869 (July 29, 2024).
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    For a complete description of the events of this CVD CCR, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\ A

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list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included in the appendix 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 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.
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Changed Circumstances Review of the Countervailing 
Duty Order on Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this Order is certain softwood lumber 
products. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Results of CCR

    In a CVD CCR, Commerce will make an affirmative successorship 
finding (i.e., that the respondent company is the same subsidized 
entity for CVD cash deposit purposes as the predecessor company) where 
there is no evidence of significant changes in the respondent's: (1) 
operations; (2) ownership; and (3) corporate and legal structure during 
the relevant period (i.e., the ``look-back window'') that could have 
affected the nature and extent of the respondent's subsidy levels.\5\ 
Where Commerce makes an affirmative CVD successorship finding, the 
successor's merchandise will be entitled to enter under the 
predecessor's cash deposit rate.
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    \5\ See Certain Pasta from Turkey: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 74 FR 47225 
(September 15, 2009).
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.216 and section 751(b) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), we preliminarily determine that 
TRAPA is the SII to Trans-Pacific. For the complete SII analysis, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Should the final results remain 
the same as these preliminary results, we will instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection to assign entries of subject merchandise exported 
by TRAPA the CVD cash deposit rate applicable to Trans-Pacific (i.e., 
6.74 percent),\6\ effective the date of publication of the final 
results.
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    \6\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Final 
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 89 
FR 67062, 67065 (August 19, 2024).
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs no later than 10 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\7\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the date for filing 
of case briefs.\8\ 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\
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    \7\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii) to alter the time limit for the filing of case 
briefs.
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    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 of 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\
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    \10\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \11\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c)(2), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must do so within 1 days of publication of these preliminary 
results by submitting a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance using ACCESS.\12\ Requests should contain: 
(1) the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. If a 
request for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the 
scheduled date for the hearing.\13\ Parties should confirm the date and 
time of the hearing two days before the scheduled date. Parties are 
reminded that all briefs and hearing requests must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS and received successfully in their entirety 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
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    \12\ Commerce is exercising its discretion under 19 CFR 
351.310(c) to alter the time limit for requesting a hearing.
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Final Results of the Changed Circumstances Review

    Consistent with 19 CFR 351.216(e), Commerce will issue the final 
results of this CCR no later than 270 days after the date on which this 
review was initiated, or within 45 days of publication of these 
preliminary results if all parties agree to the outcome of the review.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results and this notice are published in 
accordance with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.216, 
and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: January 27, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Acting 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. Successor-In-Interest Determination
V. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2025-02048 Filed 1-30-25; 8:45 am]
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