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infestations of cheatgrass because of 

recent and severe drought (and that are 

negatively affecting native plant 

populations, especially those in critical 

sage-grouse habitat). An estimated 

average of an additional 5,000 to 15,000 

acres might be treated annually for 

cheatgrass control in cooperation with 

intermingled-landownership partners. 

Potential treatment areas include crucial 

big game winter ranges, sage-grouse core 

areas and other important habitats, fuels 

reduction projects, previously-burned 

areas, roads and trails, power lines, 

rights-of-ways, gravel and rock quarries, 

and areas where invasive weeds are 

already beginning to proliferate. 

The proposed action would utilize a 

variety of tools, singularly or in 

combination, to implement an 

integrated strategy. Proposed control 

methods include the following: 

• Mechanical methods, such as handpulling, mowing or cutting; 

• revegetation, where competitive 

vegetation is seeded to reduce invasive 

species, possibly after other treatments; 

• grazing with livestock; 

• biological control using predators, 

parasites, and pathogens; 

• herbicide control using groundbased application methods; herbicide 

control using aerial application 

methods; 

• prescribed fire in conjunction with 

other treatment methods; 

• education programs to inform 

people of the effects of invasive plant 

infestations, methods of spread, and 

preventative management opportunities 

and practices; and 

• prevention by using practices that 

reduce invasive plant spread, including 

a weed-free forage and gravel program 

and washing vehicles to remove seeds 

and plant parts. 

The selection of control methods is 

not a choice of one tool over another, 

but rather selection of a combination of 

tools that would be most effective on 

target species for a location. The BTNF 

proposes to use a combination of control 

methods based on site-specific 

conditions and circumstances, EPA 

labels, USDA Animal and Plant Health 

Inspection Service (APHIS) direction, 

and resource protection measures to 

ensure that treatment methods are 

properly used. No activities are being 

proposed to occur on private lands. It is 

anticipated, however, that the Forest 

Service may receive requests from 

intermingled and adjacent landowners 

to be a willing and able partner on 

projects that might be proposed to treat 

invasive plant populations that are 

found on multiple land ownerships that 

include National Forest System lands. 

Possible Alternatives 

The BTNF will consider a reasonable 

range of alternatives, including a no 

action alternative. Based on the issues 

gathered through scoping, the action 

alternatives may vary in the amount and 

location of acres considered for 

treatment and the number, type, and 

location of activity. 

Responsible Official 

The Bridger-Teton Forest Supervisor 

is the Responsible Official for making 

the decision concerning this proposal. 

Nature of Decision To Be Made 

Given the purpose and need, the 

Responsible Official reviews the 

proposed action, the other alternatives, 

and the environmental consequences in 

order to make the following decisions: 

Whether to expand current efforts to 

control invasive plants; what control 

methods would be used; what 

herbicides would be used; what 

protection measures and monitoring 

measures would be required; and 

whether to include an adaptive 

management approach to address future 

spread of invasive weeds. 

The EIS is a project-level analysis. 

The scope of the project is confined to 

issues and potential environmental 

consequences relevant to the decision. 

This analysis does not attempt to reevaluate or alter decisions made at 

higher levels. The decision is subject to, 

and would implement direction from, 

higher levels. 

National and regional policies and 

Forest Plan direction require 

consideration of effects of all projects on 

invasive plant spread and prescription 

of protection measures where practical 

to limit those effects. Reconsideration of 

other existing project-level decisions or 

programmatically prescribing protection 

measures or standards for future forest 

management activities (such as travel 

management, timber harvest, and 

grazing management) are beyond the 

scope of this document. Cumulative 

effects will be addressed in Chapter 3 of 

the EIS. 

Even with careful consideration, 

unforeseen events can occur during 

project implementation that will require 

additional analyses. Unanticipated 

events can result in new information 

that could have a bearing on a decision. 

Forest Service procedures for addressing 

such new information, documents, and 

decisions are thoroughly explained in 

FSH 1909.15, Section 18. 

Preliminary Issues 

Key issues identified to date include 

the current and potential impacts of 

invasive plants on natural resources 

such as big game winter habitat, native 

plant communities, wilderness values, 

watershed function, and threatened, 

endangered, or sensitive species and 

their habitats. Additional issues 

preliminarily identified include 

economic impacts; the effectiveness and 

potential impacts of various control 

methods on natural resources; and 

potential effects on non-target native 

plants and associated values, wildlife 

and fish populations, and human health 

from the application of herbicides. 

Scoping Process 

This notice of intent initiates the 

scoping process, which guides the 

development of the EIS. Public 

participation will be especially 

important at several points during the 

analysis, beginning with the scoping 

process (40 CFR 1501.7). The decision 

and reasons for the decision will be 

documented in a Record of Decision. 

The decision will be subject to Forest 

Service Project-Level Predecisional 

Administrative Review Process 

(Objection Process) (36 CFR part 218). 

It is important that reviewers provide 

their comments at such times and in 

such manner that they are useful to the 

agency’s preparation of the EIS. 

Therefore, comments should be 

provided prior to the close of the 

comment period and should clearly 

articulate the reviewer’s concerns and 

contentions. 

Comments received in response to 

this solicitation, including names and 

addresses of those who comment, will 

become part of the public record for this 

proposed action. Comments submitted 

anonymously will be accepted and 

considered, however anonymous 

comments will not provide the 

respondent eligibility to participate in 

subsequent administrative or judicial 

review. 

Dated: January 10, 2018. 

Chris French, 

Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00804 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS 

Notice of Public Meeting of the 

Montana Advisory Committee 

AGENCY: U.S. Commission on Civil 

Rights. 

ACTION: Announcement of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the provisions of the rules 

and regulations of the U.S. Commission 

on Civil Rights (Commission) and the 


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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, 

Continued 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA) that a meeting of the Montana 

Advisory Committee (Committee) to the 

Commission will be held at 11:00 a.m. 

(Mountain Time) Thursday, February 1, 

2018. The purpose of the meeting is for 

the Committee to discuss preparations 

to hear testimony on border town 

discrimination. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 11:00 

a.m. MT. 

Public Call Information: 

Dial: 888–267–6301. 

Conference ID: 8312057. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Angelica Trevino at atrevino@usccr.gov 

or (213) 894–3437. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

meeting is available to the public 

through the following toll-free call-in 

number: 888–267–6301, conference ID 

number: 8312057. Any interested 

member of the public may call this 

number and listen to the meeting. 

Callers can expect to incur charges for 

calls they initiate over wireless lines, 

and the Commission will not refund any 

incurred charges. Callers will incur no 

charge for calls they initiate over landline connections to the toll-free 

telephone number. Persons with hearing 

impairments may also follow the 

proceedings by first calling the Federal 

Relay Service at 1–800–877–8339 and 

providing the Service with the 

conference call number and conference 

ID number. 

Members of the public are entitled to 

make comments during the open period 

at the end of the meeting. Members of 

the public may also submit written 

comments; the comments must be 

received in the Regional Programs Unit 

within 30 days following the meeting. 

Written comments may be mailed to the 

Western Regional Office, U.S. 

Commission on Civil Rights, 300 North 

Los Angeles Street, Suite 2010, Los 

Angeles, CA 90012. They may be faxed 

to the Commission at (213) 894–0508, or 

emailed Angelica Trevino at atrevino@

usccr.gov. Persons who desire 

additional information may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at (213) 894– 

3437. 

Records and documents discussed 

during the meeting will be available for 

public viewing prior to and after the 

meeting at https://facadatabase.gov/ 

committee/meetings.aspx?cid=259. 

Please click on the ‘‘Meeting Details’’ 

and ‘‘Documents’’ links. Records 

generated from this meeting may also be 

inspected and reproduced at the 

Regional Programs Unit, as they become 

available, both before and after the 

meeting. Persons interested in the work 

of this Committee are directed to the 

Commission’s website, https://

www.usccr.gov, or may contact the 

Regional Programs Unit at the above 

email or street address. 

Agenda 

I. Welcome and Rollcall 

II. Approval of minutes from January 5, 

2018 meeting 

III. Discussion of panelists and logistics 

for hearing testimony on border 

town discrimination 

IV. Public Comment 

V. Adjournment 

Dated: January 11, 2018. 

David Mussatt, 

Supervisory Chief, Regional Programs Unit. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00712 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[S–185–2017] 

Approval of Subzone Status; Orgill, 

Inc., Tifton, Georgia 

On November 22, 2017, the Executive 

Secretary of the Foreign-Trade Zones 

(FTZ) Board docketed an application 

submitted by the Brunswick and Glenn 

County Development Authority, grantee 

of FTZ 144, requesting subzone status 

subject to the existing activation limit of 

FTZ 144, on behalf of Orgill, Inc., in 

Tifton, Georgia. 

The application was processed in 

accordance with the FTZ Act and 

Regulations, including notice in the 

Federal Register inviting public 

comment (82 FR 56211, November 28, 

2017). The FTZ staff examiner reviewed 

the application and determined that it 

meets the criteria for approval. Pursuant 

to the authority delegated to the FTZ 

Board Executive Secretary (15 CFR Sec. 

400.36(f)), the application to establish 

Subzone 144C was approved on January 

11, 2018, subject to the FTZ Act and the 

Board’s regulations, including Section 

400.13, and further subject to FTZ 144’s 

2,000-acre activation limit. 

Dated: January 11, 2018. 

Elizabeth Whiteman, 

Acting Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–00757 Filed 1–17–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

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: Final Results of Changed 

Circumstances Reviews, and 

Revocation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Orders, in Part 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On December 26, 2017, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

published its preliminary results of 

changed circumstances reviews (CCRs) 

and intent to revoke, in part, the 

antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) orders on 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells, 

whether or not assembled into modules, 

from the People’s Republic of China 

(China) with respect to certain solar 

panels (collectively, the Orders). 

Specifically, Commerce preliminarily 

determined that the producers 

accounting for substantially all of the 

production of the domestic like product 

to which the Orders pertain lacked 

interest in the relief provided by the 

Orders with respect to certain solar 

panels of a sufficiently small size, 

voltage, amperage, and wattage, among 

other characteristics, as described 

below. Commerce invited interested 

parties to comment on the preliminary 

results. No party submitted comments. 

For the final results of these CCRs, 

Commerce is revoking, in part, the 

Orders as to imports of certain solar 

panels as described below. 

DATES: Applicable January 18, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lauren Caserta or Kaitlin Wojnar, 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) 482–4737 

and (202) 482–3857, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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 October 6, 


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