Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 169 / Friday, September 1, 2017 / Notices 41609 

1See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from 

Canada: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination, and Alignment of Final 

Determination with Final Antidumping Duty 

Determination, 82 FR 19657 (April 28, 2017) (CVD 

Preliminary Determination) and Certain Softwood 

Lumber Products from Canada: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 82 FR 29833 (June 30, 2017) (LTFV 

Preliminary Determination). 

2The Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber 

International Trade Investigations or Negotiations 

(the petitioner). 

3See CVD Preliminary Determination, 82 FR at 

19657–19658. 

4See Letters from Canfor, Resolute, Tolko, and 

West Fraser dated May 26, 2017, June 26, 2017, May 

26, 2017, and May 26, 2017, respectively. 

5Postponing the final determinations to 135 days 

after the publication of the LTFV Preliminary 

Determination would place the deadline on 

Sunday, November 12, 2017. The Department’s 

practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a 

weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate 

deadline is the next business day. See Notice of 

Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ 

Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines 

Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 

FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 

characteristics are excluded from the 

scope of the Order: Novelty jumbo 

pencils that are octagonal in shape, 

approximately ten inches long, one inch 

in diameter before sharpening, and 

three-and-one eighth inches in 

circumference, composed of turned 

wood encasing one-and-one half inches 

of sharpened lead on one end and a 

rubber eraser on the other end. The 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes 

only; the written description of the 

merchandise covered by the scope of the 

Order is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Order 

As a result of the determinations by 

the Department and the ITC that 

revocation of the Order would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping 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), the Department hereby 

orders the continuation of the Order on 

certain cased pencils from the PRC. U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection will 

continue to collect AD 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 the Order will be the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this notice of continuation. Pursuant to 

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

Department intends to initiate the next 

five-year review of the Order not later 

than 30 days prior to the fifth 

anniversary of the effective date of 

continuation. 

This five-year sunset review 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: August 28, 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. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18588 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–122–857] 

Certain Softwood Lumber Products 

From Canada: Postponement of Final 

Determination of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is postponing until 

November 13, 2017, the deadline for 

issuing the final determination in the 

less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation 

of certain softwood lumber products 

(softwood lumber) from Canada, and is 

extending the provisional measures 

from a four-month period to a period of 

not more than six months. As the 

deadline for the final determination of 

the countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigation of softwood lumber from 

Canada is aligned with the deadline for 

the final determination of the LTFV 

investigation, the final CVD 

determination will also be issued no 

later than November 13, 2017. 

DATES: Applicable September 1, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen Bailey, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0193. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On April 28, 2017, and June 30, 2017, 

respectively, the Department published 

its preliminary determinations in the 

CVD and LTFV investigations of 

softwood lumber from Canada.1 In the 

CVD Preliminary Determination, at the 

request of the petitioner,2 the 

Department aligned the final deadline 

for the CVD investigation with the final 

determination of the LTFV 

investigation.3

On May 26, 2017, and June 26, 2017, 

Canfor Corporation (Canfor), Resolute 

FP Canada Inc. (Resolute), Tolko 

Marketing and Sales Ltd. and Tolko 

Industries Ltd. (Tolko), and West Fraser 

Mills Ltd., (West Fraser) (collectively, 

the Company Respondents), requested 

that the Department fully extend the 

deadline for the final LTFV 

determination, and extend the 

application of the provisional measures 

from a four-month period to a period of 

not more than six months.4

Postponement of Final LTFV 

Determination and Aligned Final CVD 

Determination 

Given the complexity of these 

investigations and the volume of 

information on the records of these 

proceedings that needs to be analyzed, 

the Department finds that postponement 

is warranted in the LTFV investigation 

and the aligned CVD investigation 

covering softwood lumber from Canada. 

Further, because of the ongoing 

discussions between the Governments 

of the United States and Canada 

focusing on a durable solution to this 

long-standing trade dispute, 

postponement of these aligned 

investigations is also warranted. This 

additional time will afford the 

Department the time to both address the 

factual and legal matters on the records 

of these proceedings, as well as 

continue discussions on this broader 

cross-border trade dispute. 

Therefore, pursuant to 735(a)(2)(A) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, the 

Department is (1) postponing the LTFV 

final determination until no later than 

November 13, 2017, which is 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

LTFV Preliminary Determination, and 

(2) extending the provisional measures 

from a four-month period to a period of 

not more than six months. Further, as 

noted above, because the CVD 

investigation is aligned with the LTFV 

investigation, the Department will also 

issue its final determination in the CVD 

investigation no later than November 

13, 2017.5

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(g). 


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41610 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 169 / Friday, September 1, 2017 / Notices 

1See Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, 

Brazil, the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, 

and Portugal: Affirmative Preliminary 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders; 82 

FR 26778 (June 9, 2017). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Affirmative 

Determination of Circumvention of the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Orders on 

Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, Brazil, the 

People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, and 

Portugal’’ (Issues and Decision Memorandum), 

dated concurrently with this determination and 

hereby adopted by this notice. 

3See Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, 

Brazil, Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China, 

and Portugal: Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Determinations for Brazil and 

Indonesia and Antidumping Duty Orders; 81 FR 

11174 (March 3, 2016) and Certain Uncoated Paper 

from Indonesia and the People’s Republic of China: 

Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Countervailing Duty Order 

(Indonesia) and Countervailing Duty Order 

(People’s Republic of China); 81 FR 11187, (March 

3, 2016) (collectively, the Orders). 

4A full description of the scope of the Orders is 

contained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

5See Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, 

Brazil, Indonesia, the People’s Republic of China, 

and Portugal: Initiation of Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry, 81 FR 78117 (November 7, 2016). 

Dated: August 28, 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. 

[FR Doc. 2017–18643 Filed 8–31–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–602–807, A–351–842, A–570–022, C–570– 

023, A–560–828, C–560–829, A–471–807] 

Certain Uncoated Paper From 

Australia, Brazil, the People’s Republic 

of China, Indonesia, and Portugal: 

Affirmative Final Determination of 

Circumvention of the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable September 1, 2017. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Department) determines that imports of 

uncoated paper with a GE brightness of 

83 ±1% (83 Bright paper), otherwise 

meeting the description of in-scope 

merchandise, from Australia, Brazil, the 

People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, 

and Portugal constitute merchandise 

‘‘altered in form or appearance in minor 

respects’’ from in-scope merchandise 

are subject to the antidumping duty 

(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) 

orders on certain uncoated paper 

(uncoated paper). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Miller at (202) 482–3906, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 9, 2017, the Department 

published the Preliminary 

Determination of the anti-circumvention 

inquiry of 83 Bright paper from 

Australia, Brazil, the People’s Republic 

of China, Indonesia, and Portugal.1 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 Issues and Decision 

Memorandum which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.2

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by the 

Orders 3 is uncoated paper. Uncoated 

paper subject to the Orders is currently 

classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

at subheadings 4802.56.1000, 

4802.56.2000, 4802.56.3000, 

4802.56.4000, 4802.56.6000, 

4802.56.7020, 4802.56.7040, 

4802.57.1000, 4802.57.2000, 

4802.57.3000, and 4802.57.4000. Some 

imports of subject merchandise may 

also be classified under 4802.62.1000, 

4802.62.2000, 4802.62.3000, 

4802.62.5000, 4802.62.6020, 

4802.62.6040, 4802.69.1000, 

4802.69.2000, 4802.69.3000, 

4811.90.8050 and 4811.90.9080. The 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope of the 

Orders is dispositive.4

Scope of the Anti-Circumvention 

Inquiry 

The merchandise subject to this anticircumvention inquiry consists of 83 

Bright paper with a GE brightness of 83 

±1%, and otherwise meeting the 

description of the scope of the Orders. 

On August 1, 2016, the petitioners 

clarified that, consistent with 19 CFR 

351.225(m), they intended for the 

Department to conduct a single anticircumvention inquiry and issue a 

single ruling applicable to each of the 

Orders. Therefore, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.225(m), we find it 

appropriate to apply the results of this 

inquiry to each of the Orders.5

Methodology 

The Department conducted this anticircumvention determination in 

accordance with section 781(c) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 

and 19 CFR 351.225(i). For a full 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the topics discussed is attached 

to this notice in the Appendix. 

The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered user at https://

access.trade.gov and is available to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room B–8024 of the main Department 

of Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete public version of the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum can be 

accessed directly at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

The signed and electronic versions of 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum 

are identical in content. 

Final Affirmative Determination of 

Circumvention 

As detailed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, we determine, pursuant 

to section 781(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.225(i), that imports of 83 Bright 

paper, otherwise meeting the 

description of in-scope merchandise, 

constitute merchandise ‘‘altered in form 

or appearance in minor respects’’ from 

in-scope merchandise and are subject to 

the Orders. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.225(l)(2), we are directing U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

continue to suspend liquidation of 

entries of 83 Bright paper entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after November 7, 

2016, the date of publication of the 

initiation of this inquiry, until 

appropriate liquidation instructions are 

issued. We will also instruct CBP to 

continue to require a cash deposit of 

estimated duties at the applicable rates 

for each unliquidated entry of the 

product entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

November 7, 2016, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.225(l)(2). 


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