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subsidies, provided by certain countries
exporting softwood lumber or softwood
lumber products to the United States
during the period January 1, 2016
through June 30, 2016.
DATES: Comments must be submitted
within 30 days after publication of this
notice.
ADDRESSES: See the Submission of
Comments section below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
James Terpstra, Office III, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–3965.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On June 18, 2008, section 805 of Title
VIII of the Tariff Act of 1930 (the
Softwood Lumber Act of 2008) was
enacted into law. Under this provision,
the Secretary of Commerce is mandated
to submit to the appropriate
Congressional committees a report every
180 days on any subsidy provided by
countries exporting softwood lumber or
softwood lumber products to the United
States, including stumpage subsidies.
The Department submitted its last
subsidy report on June 15, 2016. As part
of its newest report, the Department
intends to include a list of subsidy
programs identified with sufficient
clarity by the public in response to this
notice.
Request for Comments
Given the large number of countries
that export softwood lumber and
softwood lumber products to the United
States, we are soliciting public comment
only on subsidies provided by countries
whose exports accounted for at least one
percent of total U.S. imports of softwood
lumber by quantity, as classified under
Harmonized Tariff Schedule code
4407.1001 (which accounts for the vast
majority of imports), during the period
January 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016.
Official U.S. import data published by
the United States International Trade
Commission Tariff and Trade DataWeb
indicate that three countries, Canada,
Chile and France, exported softwood
lumber to the United States during that
time period in amounts sufficient to
account for at least one percent of U.S.
imports of softwood lumber products.
We intend to rely on similar previous
six-month periods to identify the
countries subject to future reports on
softwood lumber subsidies. For
example, we will rely on U.S. imports
of softwood lumber and softwood
lumber products during the period July
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1, 2016 through December 31, 2016, to
select the countries subject to the next
report.
Under U.S. trade law, a subsidy exists
where an authority: (i) Provides a
financial contribution; (ii) provides any
form of income or price support within
the meaning of Article XVI of the GATT
1994; or (iii) makes a payment to a
funding mechanism to provide a
financial contribution to a person, or
entrusts or directs a private entity to
make a financial contribution, if
providing the contribution would
normally be vested in the government
and the practice does not differ in
substance from practices normally
followed by governments, and a benefit
is thereby conferred.1
Parties should include in their
comments: (1) The country which
provided the subsidy; (2) the name of
the subsidy program; (3) a brief
description (at least 3–4 sentences) of
the subsidy program; and (4) the
government body or authority that
provided the subsidy.
Submission of Comments
Persons wishing to comment should
file comments by the date specified
above. Comments should only include
publicly available information. The
Department will not accept comments
accompanied by a request that a part or
all of the material be treated
confidentially due to business
proprietary concerns or for any other
reason. The Department will return such
comments or materials to the persons
submitting the comments and will not
include them in its report on softwood
lumber subsidies. The Department
requests submission of comments filed
in electronic Portable Document Format
(PDF) submitted on CD–ROM or by
email to the email address of the EC
Webmaster, below.
The comments received will be made
available to the public in PDF on the
Enforcement and Compliance Web site
at the following address: https://
enforcement.trade.gov/sla2008/slaindex.html. Any questions concerning
file formatting, access on the Internet, or
other electronic filing issues should be
addressed to Laura Merchant,
Enforcement and Compliance
Webmaster, at (202) 482–0367, email
address: webmaster_support@trade.gov.
All comments and submissions in
response to this Request for Comment
should be received by the Department
no later than 5 p.m. Eastern Standard
Time on the above-referenced deadline
date.
1 See section 771(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended.
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Dated: October 21, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting; Cancellation
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of a
public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) has
cancelled the public meeting of its
Herring Advisory Panel that was
scheduled for Tuesday, November 8,
2016, at 10:30 a.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management
Council; telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
original notice was published in the
Federal Register on Thursday, October
20, 2016, (81 FR 72571). The meeting
will be rescheduled at a later date and
announced in the Federal Register.
SUMMARY:
Dated: October 24, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE977
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting; Cancellation
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of a
public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) has
cancelled the public meeting of its
Herring Committee that was scheduled
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XE978
New England Fishery Management Council; Public Meeting;
Cancellation
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of cancellation of a public meeting.
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SUMMARY: The New England Fishery Management Council (Council) has
cancelled the public meeting of its Herring Advisory Panel that was
scheduled for Tuesday, November 8, 2016, at 10:30 a.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas A. Nies, Executive Director,
New England Fishery Management Council; telephone: (978) 465-0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The original notice was published in the
Federal Register on Thursday, October 20, 2016, (81 FR 72571). The
meeting will be rescheduled at a later date and announced in the
Federal Register.
Dated: October 24, 2016.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-25998 Filed 10-26-16; 8:45 am]
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