Friday, July 31, 2020, Afternoon — Committee A
I'm happy to supply specific answers. The question was can anyone apply? What are the criteria? How is it adjudicated? Examples of the criteria that would be applied are the product being consumed or used surplus to the needs of the domestic industry — in other words, the raw material that's being created into a product that doesn't qualify for an exemption being exported, is that raw material surplus to the needs of the domestic industry. Is it uneconomic to process the product domestically? And does the product increase utilization and, therefore, decrease the waste in the forest? Those are samples of the criteria. As far as who can apply, any manufacturer can make application for the exemption. And how is it adjudicated? Well, that's delegated statutory decision-making authority under the regional executive director or the director of trade and export policy. How they make the application is what's being worked out right now between industry and ourselves. And the person we've engaged to conduct those activities with industry is…. I guess you would application is what's being worked out right now between industry and ourselves. The person that we've engaged to conduct those activities with the industry is…. I guess you would typify it, in the member's words, as a one-off, as it's an hourly rate. We can get you that hourly rate. It's just not at our fingertips right now, but I can read it into the record when we get it.
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