Agriculture. Part1217:Softwood lumber research, promotion, consumer education and industry information order. Section1217.40:Establishment and membership.
(a) Establishment of the Board. There is hereby established a Softwood Lum-ber Board to administer the terms and provisions of this Order and promote the use of softwood lumber. The Board shall be composed of manufacturers for the U.S. market who manufacture and domestically ship or import 15 million board feet or more of softwood lumber in the United States during a fiscal pe-riod. Seats on the Board shall be appor-tioned based on the volume of softwood lumber manufactured and shipped within the United States by domestic manufacturers and the volume of softwood lumber imported into the United States. Commencing with the term of office beginning January 1, 2015, seats on the Board shall also be apportioned based on size of operation within each geographic region, as spec-ified in paragraphs (b)(1)(i), (b)(1)(ii), (b)(2)(i), and (b)(2)(ii) of this section. For purposes of this section, large means manufacturers for the U.S. mar-ket who account for the top two-thirds of the total annual volume of assess-able softwood lumber and small means those who account for the remaining one-third of the total annual volume of assessable softwood lumber. If there are no eligible nominees for a large or small seat within a region, that seat may be filled by a nominee rep-resenting an eligible manufacturer for the U.S. market of any size. Should the size of a manufacturer for the U.S. market change during amember's term of office, that member could serve for the remainder of the term.