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1See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 

and Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 73018 

(December 7, 2012) (AD Order) and Crystalline 

Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not 

Assembled into Modules, from the People’s 

Republic of China: Countervailing Duty Order, 77 

FR 73017 (December 7, 2012) (CVD Order) 

(collectively, Orders). 

2See Goal Zero’s Letter, ‘‘Goal Zero LLC’s 

Request for a Changed Circumstances Review,’’ 

(Goal Zero’s Request) dated April 17, 2018. 

3See SolarWorld’s Letter, ‘‘Support for Goal Zero 

LLC’s Request for a Changed Circumstances 

Review,’’ dated May 4, 2018. 

4See Commerce’s Letter, dated May 14, 2018. 

5See ‘‘Goal Zero LLC’s Response to Additional 

Questions Regarding the Changed Circumstances 

Reviews,’’ dated May 23, 2018. 

6See Commerce’s Letter, dated May 30, 2018. 

7See Commerce’s Letter, dated June 29, 2018. 

8See Goal Zero’s Letter, ‘‘Goal Zero LLC’s 

Comments Regarding the Proposed Scope of the 

Changed Circumstances Reviews,’’ dated July 9, 

2018; see also the petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on 

Goal Zero LLC’ s Request for a Changed 

Circumstances Review,’’ dated July 9, 2018. 

9See Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Initiation of 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, and 

Consideration of Revocation of the Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders in Part, 83 FR 

34542 (July 20, 2018) (Initiation Notice). 

10See SolarWorld’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on Goal 

Zero LLC Changed Circumstances Reviews,’’ dated 

July 30, 2018. 

This five-year (sunset) review and this 

notice are in accordance with sections 

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 14, 2018. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–979, C–570–980] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Assembled Into 

Modules, From the People’s Republic 

of China: Preliminary Results of 

Changed Circumstances Reviews, and 

Consideration of Revocation of the 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Orders, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On April 17, 2018, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

received a request for revocation, in 

part, of the antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic 

cells from the People’s Republic of 

China (China) (the Orders) with respect 

to certain off-grid solar panels. Because 

producers accounting for substantially 

all of the domestic production of certain 

off-grid solar panels lack interest in the 

relief provided by the Orders, we intend 

to revoke, in part, the Orders with 

respect to these products. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable August 20, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eli 

Lovely, 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) 482–1593. 

Background 

On December 7, 2012, Commerce 

published AD and CVD orders on 

certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic 

cells, whether or not assembled into 

modules, from China.1 On April 17, 

2018, Goal Zero, LLC (Goal Zero), an 

importer of the subject merchandise, 

requested through changed 

circumstances reviews, revocation, in 

part, of the Orders, pursuant to section 

751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 

351.216(b),2 with respect to certain offgrid solar panels. On May 4, 2018, 

SolarWorld Americas, Inc. (the 

petitioner) submitted a letter stating that 

it does not oppose the partial revocation 

proposed by Goal Zero.3 On May 14, 

2018, Commerce issued a supplemental 

questionnaire to Goal Zero,4 to which it 

responded on May 23, 2018.5

On May 30, 2018, Commerce 

extended the time for determining 

whether to initiate the requested 

changed circumstances reviews by an 

additional 30 days, or until July 2, 

2018.6 On June 29, 2018, Commerce 

again extended the deadline for 

determining whether to initiate the 

requested changed circumstances 

reviews by an additional 15 days, or 

until July 16, 2018.7 On July 9, 2018, 

Goal Zero and the petitioner submitted 

comments regarding the proposed scope 

exclusion language for these changed 

circumstances reviews.8

On July 20, 2018, we published the 

Initiation Notice for these changed 

circumstances reviews in the Federal 

Register.9 Because the statement 

submitted by the petitioner in response 

to Goal Zero’s request did not indicate 

whether the petitioner accounts for 

substantially all of the domestic 

production of crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic products, in the Initiation 

Notice, we invited interested parties to 

submit comments concerning industry 

support for the revocation in part, as 

well as comments and/or factual 

information regarding the changed 

circumstances reviews. On July 30, 

2018, the petitioner submitted 

comments reiterating support for Goal 

Zero’s request.10 We received no other 

comments. 

Scope of the Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders on Certain 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells 

From the People’s Republic of China 

The merchandise covered by the 

Orders is crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, and modules, 

laminates, and panels, consisting of 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not partially or fully 

assembled into other products, 

including, but not limited to, modules, 

laminates, panels and building 

integrated materials. 

The Orders cover crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells of thickness equal to 

or greater than 20 micrometers, having 

a p/n junction formed by any means, 

whether or not the cell has undergone 

other processing, including, but not 

limited to, cleaning, etching, coating, 

and/or addition of materials (including, 

but not limited to, metallization and 

conductor patterns) to collect and 

forward the electricity that is generated 

by the cell. 

Merchandise under consideration 

may be described at the time of 

importation as parts for final finished 

products that are assembled after 

importation, including, but not limited 

to, modules, laminates, panels, 

building-integrated modules, buildingintegrated panels, or other finished 

goods kits. Such parts that otherwise 

meet the definition of merchandise 

under consideration are included in the 

scope of the Orders. 

Excluded from the scope of the Orders 

are thin film photovoltaic products 

produced from amorphous silicon (a-Si), 

cadmium telluride (CdTe), or copper 

indium gallium selenide (CIGS). 

Also excluded from the scope of the 

Orders are crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, not exceeding 

10,000mm2 in surface area, that are 

permanently integrated into a consumer 

good whose function is other than 

power generation and that consumes the 

electricity generated by the integrated 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cell. 

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11See AD Order, 77 FR at 73018–73019; CVD 

Order, 77 FR at 73017 (footnote omitted). 

12See Goal Zero’s Letter, ‘‘Goal Zero LLC’s 

Comments Regarding the Proposed Scope of the 

Changed Circumstances Reviews,’’ dated July 9, 

2018 at 10–11. 

13See Section 782(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.222(g). 

14See Honey from Argentina; Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances 

Reviews; Preliminary Intent to Revoke Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 67790, 

67791 (November 14, 2012), unchanged in Honey 

from Argentina; Final Results of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances 

Reviews; Revocation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 77029 

(December 31, 2012) (Honey From Argentina). 

15See Goal Zero’s Request at 9. 

16See 19 CFR 351.216(e). 

17See Initiation Notice. 

18 Id. 

19See, e.g., Honey From Argentina; Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances 

Reviews; Preliminary Intent to Revoke Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Orders, 77 FR 67790, 

67791 (November 14, 2012); Aluminum Extrusions 

Continued 

permanently integrated into a consumer 

good, the surface area for purposes of 

this exclusion shall be the total 

combined surface area of all cells that 

are integrated into the consumer good. 

Additionally, excluded from the 

scope of the Orders are panels with 

surface area from 3,450 mm2 to 33,782 

mm2 with one black wire and one red 

wire (each of type 22 AWG or 24 AWG 

not more than 206 mm in length when 

measured from panel extrusion), and 

not exceeding 2.9 volts, 1.1 amps, and 

3.19 watts. For the purposes of this 

exclusion, no panel shall contain an 

internal battery or external computer 

peripheral ports. 

Modules, laminates, and panels 

produced in a third-country from cells 

produced in the PRC are covered by the 

Orders; however, modules, laminates, 

and panels produced in the PRC from 

cells produced in a third-country are not 

covered by the Orders. 

Merchandise covered by the Orders is 

currently classified in the Harmonized 

Tariff System of the United States 

(HTSUS) under subheadings 

8501.61.0000, 8507.20.80, 8541.40.6020, 

8541.40.6030, and 8501.31.8000. These 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope of the 

Orders is dispositive.11

Scope of Changed Circumstances 

Reviews 

Goal Zero requests that Commerce 

revoke the Orders in part to exclude 

from the scope certain off-grid solar 

panels as described below: 

(1) Off grid CSPV panels in rigid form 

with a glass cover, with the following 

characteristics: 

(A) A total power output of 100 watts 

or less per panel; 

(B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 

cm2 per panel; 

(C) do not include a built-in inverter; 

(D) must include a permanently 

connected wire that terminates in either 

an 8mm male barrel connector, or a twoport rectangular connector with two 

pins in square housings of different 

colors; 

(E) must include visible parallel grid 

collector metallic wire lines every 1–4 

millimeters across each solar cell; and 

(F) must be in individual retail 

packaging (for purposes of this 

provision, retail packaging typically 

includes graphics, the product name, its 

description and/or features, and foam 

for transport); and 

(2) Off grid CSPV panels without a 

glass cover, with the following 

characteristics: 

(A) A total power output of 100 watts 

or less per panel; 

(B) a maximum surface area of 8,000 

cm2 per panel; 

(C) do not include a built-in inverter; 

(D) must include visible parallel grid 

collector metallic wire lines every 1–4 

millimeters across each solar cell; and 

(E) each panel is 

1. Permanently integrated into a 

consumer good; 

2. encased in a laminated material 

without stitching, or 

3. has all of the following 

characteristics: (i) The panel is encased 

in sewn fabric with visible stitching, (ii) 

includes a mesh zippered storage 

pocket, and (iii) includes a permanently 

attached wire that terminates in a 

female USB–A connector.12

Preliminary Results of Changed 

Circumstances Review, and Intent To 

Revoke the Orders, in Part 

Pursuant to section 751(d)(1) of the 

Act, section 782(h) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.222(g), Commerce may revoke 

an AD or CVD order, in whole or in part, 

based on a review under section 751(b) 

of the Act (i.e., a changed circumstance 

review). Section 751(b)(1) of the Act 

requires a changed circumstance review 

to be conducted upon receipt of a 

request which shows changed 

circumstances sufficient to warrant a 

review. Section 782(h)(2) of the Act 

gives Commerce the authority to revoke 

an order if producers accounting for 

substantially all of the production of the 

domestic like product have expressed a 

lack of interest in the order. Section 

351.222(g) of Commerce’s regulations 

provides that Commerce will conduct a 

changed circumstances review under 19 

CFR 351.216, and may revoke an order 

(in whole or in part), if it concludes 

that: (i) Producers accounting for 

substantially all of the production of the 

domestic like product to which the 

order pertains have expressed a lack of 

interest in the relief provided by the 

order, in whole or in part, or (ii) if other 

changed circumstances sufficient to 

warrant revocation exist. Both the Act 

and Commerce’s regulations require that 

‘‘substantially all’’ domestic producers 

express a lack of interest in the order for 

Commerce to revoke the order, in whole 

or in part.13 Commerce has interpreted 

‘‘substantially all’’ to represent 

producers accounting for at least 85 

percent of U.S. production of the 

domestic like product.14

In its April 17, 2018 submission, Goal 

Zero requested that Commerce expedite 

the changed circumstances reviews.15

Commerce’s regulations do not specify a 

deadline for the issuance of preliminary 

results of a changed circumstances 

review, but provide that Commerce will 

issue the final results of review within 

270 days after the date on which the 

changed circumstances review is 

initiated, or within 45 days if all parties 

to the proceeding agree to the outcome 

of the review.16 Commerce did not issue 

a combined notice of initiation and 

preliminary results because, as 

discussed above, the statement provided 

by the petitioner in response to Goal 

Zero’s Request did not indicate whether 

the petitioner accounts for substantially 

all domestic production of certain 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic 

products.17 Thus, Commerce did not 

determine in the Initiation Notice that 

producers accounting for substantially 

all of the production of the domestic 

like product lacked interest in the 

continued application of the Orders as 

to certain off-grid solar panels. Further, 

Commerce requested interested party 

comments on the issue of domestic 

industry support of a partial 

revocation.18

Commerce received no comments 

concerning whether the petitioner 

accounts for substantially all domestic 

production of certain crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic products or opposing 

initiation of the changed circumstances 

reviews of the Orders. Hence, 

Commerce now preliminarily finds that 

producers accounting for substantially 

all of the production of the domestic 

like product lack interest in the relief 

afforded by the Orders with respect to 

the off-grid solar panels as described in 

Goal Zero’s Request. We will consider 

comments from interested parties on 

these preliminary results before issuing 

the final results of this review.19


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From the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary 

Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, and 

Intent to Revoke Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Orders in Part, 78 FR 66895 (November 7, 

2013); see also 19 CFR 351.222(g)(1)(v). 

In light of Goal Zero’s Request and the 

absence of any interested party 

comments received during the comment 

period, we preliminarily conclude that 

changed circumstances warrant 

revocation of the Orders, in part, 

because the producers accounting for 

substantially all of the production of the 

domestic like product to which the 

Orders pertain lack interest in the relief 

provided by the Orders with respect to 

the off-grid solar panels that are the 

subject of Goal Zero’s Request. 

Accordingly, we are notifying the 

public of our intent to revoke the 

Orders, in part, with respect to certain 

off-grid solar panels as defined above. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results in 

accordance with 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(1)(ii). Written comments may 

be submitted no later than 14 days after 

the date of publication of these 

preliminary results. Rebuttals to written 

comments, limited to issues raised in 

such comments, may be filed no later 

than seven days after the due date for 

comments. All submissions must be 

filed electronically using Enforcement 

and Compliance’s AD and CVD 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at http://

access.trade.gov and in the Central 

Records Unit, room B8024 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the 

day it is due. 

Commerce will issue the final results 

of these changed circumstances reviews, 

which will include its analysis of any 

written comments, no later than 270 

days after the date on which this review 

was initiated. 

If, in the final results of these reviews, 

Commerce continues to determine that 

changed circumstances warrant the 

revocation of the Orders, in part, we 

will instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection to liquidate without regard to 

antidumping or countervailing duties, 

and to refund any estimated 

antidumping or countervailing duties, 

on all unliquidated entries of the 

merchandise covered by the revocation 

that are not covered by the final results 

of an administrative review or automatic 

liquidation. 

The current requirement for cash 

deposits of estimated antidumping and 

countervailing duties on all entries of 

subject merchandise will continue 

unless until they are modified pursuant 

to the final results of these changed 

circumstances reviews. 

These preliminary results of reviews 

and notice are in accordance with 

sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act and 

19 CFR 351.216, 19 CFR 351.221(c)(3), 

and 19 CFR 351.222. 

Dated: August 14, 2018. 

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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army 

Army Education Advisory 

Subcommittee Meeting Notice 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of open subcommittee 

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SUMMARY: The Department of the Army 

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the following Federal advisory 

committee meeting of the U.S. Army 

War College Board of Visitors, a 

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DATES: The U.S. Army War College 

Board of Visitors Subcommittee will 

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October 12, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: U.S. Army War College, 122 

Forbes Avenue, Carlisle, PA, Command 

Conference Room, Root Hall, Carlisle 

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Agenda: The subcommittee will 

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