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will be posted on the Commission’s 

website at https://www.usitc.gov/ 

calendarpad/calendar.html. Interested 

parties should check the Commission’s 

website periodically for updates. 

Requests to appear at the hearing should 

be filed in writing with the Secretary to 

the Commission on or before October 5, 

2021. A nonparty who has testimony 

that may aid the Commission’s 

deliberations may request permission to 

present a short statement at the hearing. 

All parties and nonparties desiring to 

appear at the hearing and make oral 

presentations should attend a 

prehearing conference to be held at 9:30 

a.m. on October 8, 2021. Oral testimony 

and written materials to be submitted at 

the public hearing are governed by 

sections 201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 

207.24 of the Commission’s rules. 

Parties must submit any request to 

present a portion of their hearing 

testimony in camera no later than 7 

business days prior to the date of the 

hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each party 

who is an interested party shall submit 

a prehearing brief to the Commission. 

Prehearing briefs must conform with the 

provisions of § 207.23 of the 

Commission’s rules; the deadline for 

filing is October 5, 2021. Parties may 

also file written testimony in connection 

with their presentation at the hearing, as 

provided in § 207.24 of the 

Commission’s rules, and posthearing 

briefs, which must conform with the 

provisions of § 207.25 of the 

Commission’s rules. The deadline for 

filing posthearing briefs is October 19, 

2021. In addition, any person who has 

not entered an appearance as a party to 

the investigations may submit a written 

statement of information pertinent to 

the subject of the investigations, 

including statements of support or 

opposition to the petition, on or before 

October 19, 2021. On November 3, 2021, 

the Commission will make available to 

parties all information on which they 

have not had an opportunity to 

comment. Parties may submit final 

comments on this information on or 

before November 5, 2021, but such final 

comments must not contain new factual 

information and must otherwise comply 

with § 207.30 of the Commission’s rules. 

All written submissions must conform 

with the provisions of § 201.8 of the 

Commission’s rules; any submissions 

that contain BPI must also conform with 

the requirements of §§ 201.6, 207.3, and 

207.7 of the Commission’s rules. The 

Commission’s Handbook on Filing 

Procedures, available on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_

on_filing_procedures.pdf, elaborates 

upon the Commission’s procedures with 

respect to filings. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to § 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, shall not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with §§ 201.16(c) and 

207.3 of the Commission’s rules, each 

document filed by a party to the 

investigations must be served on all 

other parties to the investigations (as 

identified by either the public or BPI 

service list), and a certificate of service 

must be timely filed. The Secretary will 

not accept a document for filing without 

a certificate of service. 

Authority: These investigations are 

being conducted under authority of title 

VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice 

is published pursuant to § 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: August 6, 2021. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17162 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. TA–201–75 (Extension)] 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, 

Whether or Not Partially or Fully 

Assembled Into Other Products: 

Extension of Action 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Institution and Scheduling of 

an Investigation Under Section 204(c) of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 

2254(c)). 

SUMMARY: Following receipt of petitions 

on August 2, 2021 and August 4, 2021, 

requesting extension of the relief action 

currently in place on imports of 

crystalline silicon photovoltaic 

(‘‘CSPV’’) cells (whether or not partially 

or fully assembled into other products), 

the Commission instituted investigation 

No. TA–201–075 (Extension) under the 

Trade Act of 1974 (‘‘the Act’’). The 

purpose of this investigation is to 

determine whether the action taken by 

the President under section 203 of the 

Act with respect to certain CSPV cells, 

whether or not partially or fully 

assembled into other products 

(including, but not limited to, modules, 

laminates, panels, and buildingintegrated materials) (‘‘CSPV 

products’’), described in Proclamation 

9693 of January 23, 2018, as modified by 

Proclamation 10101 of October 10, 2020, 

continues to be necessary to prevent or 

remedy serious injury and whether 

there is evidence that the domestic 

industry is making a positive 

adjustment to import competition. 

DATES: August 6, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jordan Harriman (202–205–2610), Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

this investigation may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.— On January 23, 2018, 

the President, pursuant to section 203 of 

the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2253) 

(Trade Act), issued Proclamation 9693, 

imposing a safeguard measure on 

imports of CSPV products, in the form 

of (a) a tariff-rate quota on imports of 

solar cells not partially or fully 

assembled into other products and (b) 

an increase in duties on imports of 

modules. The proclamation was 

published in the Federal Register on 

January 25, 2018 (83 FR 3541). The 

measure took effect on February 7, 2018, 

for a period of four years, or through 

February 6, 2022. The President 

imposed the measure following receipt 

of a report from the Commission in 

November 2017 under section 202 of the 

Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252) that 

contained an affirmative determination, 

remedy recommendations, and certain 

additional findings (see Crystalline 

Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (Whether or 

not Partially or Fully Assembled into 

Other Products), investigation No. TA– 

201–75, USITC Publication 4739, 

November 2017). 

On February 7, 2020, the Commission 

issued its report, pursuant to section 

204(a)(2) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 

2254(a)(2)), on the results of its 

monitoring of developments with 

respect to the domestic solar industry 

(see Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 

Cells, Whether or Not Partially or Fully 


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1The Commission is exercising its authority 

under section 603(a) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2482(a)) 

to consolidate these proceedings. 

Assembled Into Other Products: 

Monitoring Developments in the 

Domestic Industry, No. TA–201–075 

(Monitoring)). On March 6, 2020, the 

Commission issued an additional report 

pursuant to a request from the United 

States Trade Representative under 

section 204(a)(4) of the Trade Act (19 

U.S.C. 2254(a)(4)), regarding the 

probable economic effect on the 

domestic CSPV cell and module 

manufacturing industry of modifying 

the safeguard measure (see Crystalline 

Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or 

Not Partially or Fully Assembled Into 

Other Products: Advice on the Probable 

Economic Effect of Certain 

Modifications to the Safeguard Measure, 

No. TA–201–075 (Modification)). 

Subsequently, the President issued 

Proclamation 10101, modifying in part 

the action applicable to imports covered 

by the safeguard measure (85 FR 65639 

(Oct. 16, 2020)). 

Following receipt of a petition filed 

on behalf of Auxin Solar Inc. and 

Suniva, Inc., on August 2, 2021, 

including an amendment thereto filed 

on August 5, 2021, and a petition filed 

on August 4, 2021, on behalf of Hanwha 

Q CELLS USA, Inc., LG Electronics 

USA, Inc., and Mission Solar Energy, 

the Commission is instituting this 

investigation, pursuant to section 204(c) 

of the Act.1 The purpose of this 

investigation is to determine whether 

the action taken by the President under 

section 203 of the Act with respect to 

CSPV products continues to be 

necessary to prevent or remedy serious 

injury and whether there is evidence 

that the domestic industry is making a 

positive adjustment to import 

competition. For further information 

concerning the conduct of this 

investigation and rules of general 

application, consult the Commission’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, part 

201, subparts A and B (19 CFR part 

201), and part 206, subparts A and F (19 

CFR part 206). 

Participation in the investigation and 

public service list.— Persons wishing to 

participate in the investigation as 

parties must file an entry of appearance 

with the Secretary to the Commission, 

as provided in § 201.11 of the 

Commission’s rules, not later than 21 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. The Secretary will 

prepare a public service list containing 

the names and addresses of all persons, 

or their representatives, who are parties 

to this investigation upon the expiration 

of the period for filing entries of 

appearance, and each party submitting a 

document for the consideration of the 

Commission in the course of this 

investigation must serve a copy of that 

document on all other parties in the 

manner provided by § 206.8 of the 

Commission’s rules. 

Please note that the Secretary’s Office 

will accept only electronic filings at this 

time. Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov.) No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. 

Limited disclosure of confidential 

business information (CBI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and CBI service list.—Pursuant to 

§ 206.54(e) of the Commission’s rules, 

the Secretary will make CBI gathered in 

this investigation available to 

authorized applicants under the APO 

issued in the investigation in 

accordance with the procedures set 

forth in section 206.17 of the rules, 

provided that the application is made 

not later than 21 days after the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. The Secretary will maintain a 

separate service list for those parties 

authorized to receive CBI under the 

APO. 

The Commission may also include 

some or all CBI submitted in this 

investigation in the report it sends to the 

President and the U.S. Trade 

Representative in this or a related 

investigation. The Commission will not 

otherwise disclose information which it 

considers to be CBI unless the party 

submitting the information had notice, 

at the time of submission, that such 

information would be released by the 

Commission, or such party subsequently 

consents to the release of the 

information. See 19 U.S.C. 2252(a)(8) 

and 19 U.S.C. 1332(g). 

Hearing.—The Commission will hold 

a hearing in connection with this 

investigation beginning at 9:30 a.m. on 

November 3, 2021. Information about 

the place and form of the hearing, 

including about how to participate in 

and/or view the hearing, will be posted 

on the Commission’s website at https:// 

www.usitc.gov/calendarpad/ 

calendar.html. Participating parties 

should check the Commission’s website 

periodically for updates. 

Requests to appear at the hearing 

should be filed in writing with the 

Secretary to the Commission on or 

before October 28, 2021. All persons 

desiring to appear at the hearing and 

make oral presentations should 

participate in a prehearing conference to 

be held on October 29, 2021, if deemed 

necessary. Oral testimony and written 

materials to be submitted at the public 

hearing are governed by sections 

201.6(b)(2) and 201.13(f) of the 

Commission’s rules. Parties must submit 

any request to present a portion of their 

hearing testimony in camera no later 

than 7 business days prior to the date of 

the hearing. 

Written submissions.—Each 

participating party is encouraged to 

submit a prehearing brief to the 

Commission. The deadline for filing 

prehearing briefs is October 27, 2021. 

Parties may also file written testimony 

in connection with their presentation at 

the hearing and posthearing briefs. The 

deadline for filing posthearing briefs is 

November 10, 2021. In addition, any 

person who has not entered an 

appearance as a party to the 

investigation may submit a written 

statement of information on or before 

November 10, 2021. All written 

submissions must conform with the 

provisions of sections 201.8, 206.7, and 

206.8 of the Commission’s rules; any 

submissions that contain CBI must also 

conform with the requirements of 

sections 201.6 of the Commission’s 

rules. 

The Commission’s Handbook on 

Filing Procedures, available on the 

Commission’s website at https://

www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_

on_filing_procedures.pdf, further 

explains the Commission’s procedures 

with respect to filings. 

Additional written submissions to the 

Commission, including requests 

pursuant to section 201.12 of the 

Commission’s rules, will not be 

accepted unless good cause is shown for 

accepting such submissions, or unless 

the submission is pursuant to a specific 

request by a Commissioner or 

Commission staff. 

In accordance with sections 201.16(c) 

and 206.8 of the Commission’s rules, 

each document filed by a party to the 

investigation must be served on all other 

parties to the investigation (as identified 

by either the public or CBI service list), 

and a certificate of service must be 

timely filed. The Secretary will not 

accept a document for filing without a 

certificate of service. 

Authority: This investigation is being 

conducted under authority of section 

204(c) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 2254(c)); 

this notice is published pursuant to 

section 206.3 of the Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: August 6, 2021. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17190 Filed 8–11–21; 8:45 am] 

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