84120 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 203 / Monday, October 21, 2024 / Notices 

1See Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 

Products from the People’s Republic of China: 

Antidumping Duty Order; and Amended Final 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Countervailing Duty Order, 80 FR 8592 (February 

18, 2015) (Orders). 

2See Lutron’s Letter, ‘‘Lutron Electronics Co., 

Inc.’s Request for Changed Circumstances Reviews 

and Request to Combine Initiation and Preliminary 

Results,’’ dated August 28, 2024 (CCR Request). 

3 Id. at Exhibit 2 and 3. 

Preliminary and Final Results of the 

CCR 

Commerce intends to publish in the 

Federal Register a notice of the 

preliminary results of this CCR in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) 

and (c)(3)(i). Commerce will set forth its 

preliminary factual and legal 

conclusions in that notice. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested 

parties will have an opportunity to 

comment on the preliminary results. 

Unless extended, Commerce will issue 

the final results of this CCR in 

accordance with the time limits set forth 

in 19 CFR 351.216(e). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This initiation notice is published in 

accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the 

Act, 19 CFR 351.216(b) and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: October 15, 2024. 

Scot Fullerton, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2024–24299 Filed 10–18–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–010, C–570–011] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 

Products, 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 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: Based on a request from 

Lutron Electronics Co., Inc. (Lutron), the 

U.S. Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) is initiating changed 

circumstances reviews (CCRs) to 

consider the possible revocation, in 

part, of the antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic products 

(solar products) from the People’s 

Republic of China (China) with respect 

to certain small, low-wattage, off-grid 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) 

cells as described below. 

DATES: Applicable October 21, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3148. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 18, 2015, Commerce 

published the AD and CVD orders on 

solar products from China.1 On August 

28, 2024, Lutron, a domestic producer, 

importer and exporter of subject 

merchandise, requested, through CCRs, 

revocation of the Orders, in part, with 

respect to certain small, low-wattage, 

off-grid CSPV cells, pursuant to section 

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

amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 

351.216(b).2 Within its Lutron’s CCRs 

request, Lutron included a letter from 

the American Alliance for Solar 

Manufacturing (the Alliance), a 

domestic interested party in this 

proceeding, in which the Alliance stated 

that it did not oppose the partial 

revocation of the Orders proposed by 

Lutron.3 No interested parties filed 

comments opposing the CCR request. 

Scope of the Orders 

The merchandise covered by these 

Orders is modules, laminates and/or 

panels consisting of crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells, whether or not 

partially or fully assembled into other 

products, including building integrated 

materials. For purposes of these Orders, 

subject merchandise includes modules, 

laminates and/or panels assembled in 

China consisting of crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic cells produced in a 

customs territory other than China. 

Subject merchandise includes 

modules, laminates and/or panels 

assembled in China consisting of 

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. 

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 these 

Orders are modules, laminates and/or 

panels assembled in China, consisting of 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

not exceeding 10,000 mm2 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 cells. Where more than one 

module, laminate and/or panel is 

permanently integrated into a consumer 

good, the surface area for purposes of 

this exclusion shall be the total 

combined surface area of all modules, 

laminates and/or panels that are 

integrated into the consumer good. 

Further, also excluded from the scope 

of these Orders are any products 

covered by the existing antidumping 

and countervailing duty orders on 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not assembled into modules, 

laminates and/or panels, from China. 

Additionally, excluded from the 

scope of these Orders are solar panels 

that are: (1) less than 300,000 mm2 in 

surface area; (2) less than 27.1 watts in 

power; (3) coated across their entire 

surface with a polyurethane doming 

resin; and (4) joined to a battery 

charging and maintaining unit (which is 

an acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) 

box that incorporates a light emitting 

diode (LED)) by coated wires that 

include a connector to permit the 

incorporation of an extension cable. The 

battery charging and maintaining unit 

utilizes high-frequency triangular pulse 

waveforms designed to maintain and 

extend the life of batteries through the 

reduction of lead sulfate crystals. The 

above-described battery charging and 

maintaining unit is currently available 

under the registered trademark 

‘‘SolarPulse.’’ 

Also excluded from the scope of these 

Orders are off-grid crystalline silicon 

photovoltaic panels without a glass 

cover with the following characteristics: 

(1) total power output of 500 watts or 

less per panel; (2) maximum surface 

area of 8,000 cm2 per panel; (3) unit 

does not include a built-in inverter; (4) 

unit has visible parallel grid collector 

metallic wire lines every 2–40 

millimeters across each solar panel 

(depending on model); (5) solar cells are 

encased in laminated frosted PET 

material without stitching; (6) the panel 

is encased in polyester fabric with 

visible stitching which includes a 

Velcro-type storage pocket and unit 

closure, or encased within a Neoprene 

clamshell (depending on model); and (7) 

includes LED indicator. 


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4See CCR Request at 3. 

5Lutron stated in its CCR Request that it is an 

U.S. importer of solar panels. As such, Lutron is an 

interested party pursuant to section 771(9)(A) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(29)(i). 

6See 19 CFR 351.216(d). 

7See CCR Request at Exhibit 2. 

8See, e.g., Certain Cased Pencils from the 

People’s Republic of China: Initiation and 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, and Intent To Revoke Order 

in Part, 77 FR 42276 (July 18, 2012), unchanged in 

Certain Cased Pencils from the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, and Determination To 

Revoke Order, in Part, 77 FR 53176 (August 31, 

2012). 

9 In the event that Commerce determines an 

expedited action is warranted, 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(3)(ii) permits Commerce to combine the 

notices of initiation and preliminary results. 

10Submissions of rebuttal factual information 

must comply with 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2). 

11See, generally, 19 CFR 351.303. 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023). 

Additionally excluded from the scope 

of these Orders are off-grid small 

portable crystalline silicon photovoltaic 

panels, with or without a glass cover, 

with the following characteristics: (1) a 

total power output of 200 watts or less 

per panel; (2) a maximum surface area 

of 16,000 cm2 per panel; (3) no built-in 

inverter; (4) an integrated handle or a 

handle attached to the package for ease 

of carry; (5) one or more integrated 

kickstands for easy installation or angle 

adjustment; and (6) a wire of not less 

than 3 meters either permanently 

connected or attached to the package 

that terminates in an 8mm diameter 

male barrel connector. 

Merchandise covered by these orders 

is currently classified in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) under 

subheadings 8501.61.0000, 

8507.20.8030, 8507.20.8040, 

8507.20.8060, 8507.20.8090, 

8541.40.6015, 8541.40.6020, 

8541.40.6030, 8541.40.6035 and 

8501.31.8000. These HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope of these 

Orders is dispositive. 

Proposed Partial Revocation of the 

Orders 

The products subject to the proposed 

revocation are certain small, lowwattage, off-grid CSPV cells that are 

permanently attached to an aluminum 

extrusion that controls natural light, 

whether or not assembled into a fully 

completed automation device that 

controls natural light, 

Lutron requests that the following 

language be added to the scope of the 

Orders to implement the requested 

exclusion: 

Also excluded from the scope of these 

investigations are off-grid CSPV panels in 

rigid form, with or without a glass cover, 

permanently attached to an aluminum 

extrusion that is an integral component of an 

automation device that controls natural light, 

whether or not assembled into a fully 

completed automation device that controls 

natural light, with the following 

characteristics: 

1. A total power output of 20 watts or less 

per panel; 

2. A maximum surface area of 1,000 cm2

per panel; 

3. (C) Does not include a built-in inverter 

for powering third party devices.4

Initiation of CCRs and Consideration of 

Revocation of the Orders, in Part 

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

Act, when Commerce receives 

information concerning, or a request 

from an interested party 5 for a review 

of, a final affirmative determination that 

resulted in an AD or CVD order, which 

shows changed circumstances sufficient 

to warrant a review of an order, 

Commerce shall conduct a CCR of the 

order.6 In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.216(d), Commerce determines that 

the information submitted by Lutron 

and the letter of no opposition to partial 

revocation of the Orders with respect to 

the products described by Lutron 

constitute a sufficient basis to conduct 

CCRs of the Orders.7

Section 782(h)(2) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.222(g)(1)(i) provide that 

Commerce may revoke an order (in 

whole or in part) if it determines that 

producers accounting for substantially 

all of the production of the domestic 

like product have expressed a lack of 

interest in the order, in whole or in part. 

In its administrative practice, Commerce 

has interpreted ‘‘substantially all’’ to 

mean producers accounting for at least 

85 percent of the total U.S. production 

of the domestic like product covered by 

the order.8 One domestic interested 

party, the Alliance, stated that it does 

not object to the partial revocation of the 

Orders proposed by Lutron. 

However, because the Alliance did 

not indicate whether it accounts for 

substantially all of the U.S. production 

of the domestic like product covered by 

the Orders, we are not combining this 

notice of initiation with a preliminary 

determination, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(3)(ii).9 Rather, we will 

provide interested parties with an 

opportunity to address the issue of 

domestic industry support with respect 

to the partial revocation of the Orders, 

as explained below. After examining 

comments, if any, concerning domestic 

industry support, we will issue the 

preliminary results of these CCRs. 

Public Comment 

Interested parties are invited to 

provide comments and/or factual 

information regarding these CCRs, 

including comments on industry 

support and the proposed partial 

revocation language. Comments and 

factual information may be submitted to 

Commerce no later than 14 days after 

the date of publication of this notice. 

Rebuttal comments and rebuttal factual 

information may be filed with 

Commerce no later than seven days after 

the comments and/or factual 

information are filed.10 All submissions 

must be filed electronically using 

Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS).11 An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS, by 5 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the due dates set forth 

in this notice. Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.12

Preliminary and Final Results of the 

CCRs 

Commerce intends to publish in the 

Federal Register a notice of the 

preliminary results of these CCRs in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4) 

and (c)(3)(i). Commerce will set forth its 

preliminary factual and legal 

conclusions in that notice. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(ii), interested 

parties will have an opportunity to 

comment on the preliminary results. 

Unless extended, Commerce will issue 

the final results of these CCRs in 

accordance with the time limits set forth 

in 19 CFR 351.216(e). 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This initiation notice is published in 

accordance with section 751(b)(1) of the 

Act, 19 CFR 351.216(b) and 19 CFR 

351.221(c)(3). 

Dated: October 15, 2024. 

Scot Fullerton, 

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Operations. 

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