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18. The functions vested in the 

Secretary of State by the relevant 

provisions of the Ensuring Access to 

Pacific Fisheries Act (16 U.S.C. 7702, 

7703, 7708, 7802, 7803, and 7808. 

Notwithstanding this delegation of 

authority, the Secretary, Deputy 

Secretary, and the Under Secretary for 

Economic Growth, Energy, and the 

Environment may at any time exercise 

any authority or function delegated by 

this delegation of authority. 

Any act, executive order, regulation, 

or procedure subject to, or affected by, 

this delegation shall be deemed to be 

such act, executive order, regulation, or 

procedure as amended from time to 

time. 

This delegation of authority shall be 

published in the Federal Register. 

Rex W. Tillerson, 

Secretary of State. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23043 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4710–09–P 

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE 

[Docket Number USTR–2017–0020] 

Request for Comments and Public 

Hearing About the Administration’s 

Action Following a Determination of 

Import Injury With Regard to Certain 

Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells 

AGENCY: Office of the United States 

Trade Representative. 

ACTION: Request for comments and 

notice of public hearing. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

International Trade Commission (ITC) 

has determined that certain crystalline 

silicon photovoltaic (CSPV) cells 

(whether or not partially or fully 

assembled into other products) are being 

imported into the United States in such 

increased quantities as to be a 

substantial cause of serious injury, or 

the threat thereof, to the domestic 

industry producing an article that is like 

or directly competitive with the 

imported articles. The Commissioners 

who voted in the affirmative are now 

conducting a process to recommend a 

safeguard measure for the President to 

apply. The Office of the United States 

Trade Representative (USTR), on behalf 

of the Trade Policy Staff Committee 

(TPSC), is announcing a process so that, 

once the ITC makes its 

recommendation, domestic producers, 

importers, exporters, and other 

interested parties may submit their 

views and evidence on the 

appropriateness of the recommended 

safeguard measure and whether it 

would be in the public interest. USTR 

also invites interested parties to 

participate in a public hearing regarding 

this matter. 

DATES: 

November 20, 2017 at midnight EST: 

Deadline for submission of written 

comments. 

November 29, 2017 at midnight EST: 

Deadline for submission of written 

responses to the initial round of 

comments. 

December 6, 2017 at 9:30 a.m. EST: 

The TPSC will hold a public hearing in 

Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F Street NW., 

Washington DC. 

ADDRESSES: USTR strongly prefers 

electronic submissions made through 

the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments in 

section III below. The docket number is 

USTR–2017–0020. For alternatives to 

on-line submissions, please contact 

Yvonne Jamison, Trade Policy Staff 

Committee at (202) 395–9666. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Victor Mroczka, Office of WTO and 

Multilateral Affairs, at Victor_S_

Mroczka@ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395– 

9450, or Dax Terrill, Office of the 

General Counsel, at Dax.Terrill@

ustr.eop.gov or (202) 395–4739. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. The ITC Investigation and Section 

201 

On June 1, 2017, the ITC instituted 

Investigation No. TA–201–75 under 

section 202 of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 

2252), as a result of a petition properly 

filed on May 17, 2017, by Suniva, Inc., 

a domestic producer of CSPV cells and 

CSPV modules. The ITC would 

determine if CSPV cells (whether or not 

partially or fully assembled into other 

products) were being imported into the 

United States in such increased 

quantities as to be a substantial cause of 

serious injury, or the threat thereof, to 

the domestic industry producing an 

article that is like or directly 

competitive with the imported articles. 

The ITC notice of institution (82 FR 

25332) identifies the scope of the 

products covered by this investigation. 

On May 25, 2017, another domestic 

producer of CSPV cells, SolarWorld 

Americas, Inc., joined the investigation 

as a petitioner seeking import relief. 

On September 22, 2017, after 

receiving submissions from interested 

parties and holding a public hearing 

that provided an opportunity to present 

opposing views and supporting 

evidence, the ITC determined that the 

increased importation of CSPV cells is 

a substantial cause of serious injury, or 

threat thereof, to the domestic industry. 

You can find the ITC determination and 

additional information about the 

investigation, including the 

administrative record consisting of 

briefs and other submissions, in the 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) on the ITC Web site at 

www.usitc.gov. 

In light of the affirmative finding on 

injury, the ITC held a public hearing on 

October 3, 2017, regarding remedies and 

interested parties had the opportunity to 

file submissions on this issue. On 

November 13, 2017, after the remedy 

hearing and consideration of the 

submissions, the ITC will submit to the 

President a report with its 

recommendation on action(s) to address 

the serious injury, or threat thereof, to 

the domestic industry and to facilitate 

the efforts of the domestic industry to 

make a positive adjustment to import 

competition. 

II. Proposed Measure and Opportunity 

To Comment 

Section 201 of the Trade Act (19 

U.S.C. 2251) authorizes the President, in 

the event of an affirmative 

determination by the ITC, to take all 

appropriate and feasible action within 

his power that he determines will 

facilitate efforts by the domestic 

industry to make a positive adjustment 

to import competition and provide 

greater economic and social benefits 

than costs. The statute provides for the 

President to take action within 60 days 

after receiving the ITC report, subject to 

any decision the President makes to 

request additional information from the 

ITC. In accordance with section 

203(a)(1)(C) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 

2253(a)(1)(C)), the TPSC will make a 

recommendation to the President. This 

recommendation will take into account 

the ITC recommendation, the extent to 

which the domestic industry will 

benefit from adjustment assistance, the 

efforts of the domestic industry to make 

positive adjustments, and other relevant 

considerations. 

The potential action the President 

may take to provide a remedy in the 

form of a safeguard measure includes: 

• Imposition, or increase, of a duty on 

the imported articles in question. 

• Use of a tariff-rate quota. 

• Modification or imposition of any 

quantitative restriction on the 

importation of the articles into the 

United States. 

• A proposal to negotiate and carry 

out an agreement with foreign countries 

to limit the exportation from foreign 

countries and importation into the 

United States. 


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• Procedures for the granting of 

import licenses. 

• Other negotiations to identify the 

underlying cause of the increased 

imports to alleviate the injury or threat 

thereof. 

• Legislative proposals that would 

facilitate a positive adjustment. 

• Other action consistent with the 

President’s authority. 

• Any combination of these actions. 

USTR offers these potential remedies 

for further consideration by domestic 

producers, importers, exporters, and 

other interested parties, and invites 

views and evidence on whether a 

proposed remedy is appropriate and in 

the public interest. In commenting on 

the action to take, we request that you 

address: 

1. The appropriateness of any other 

proposed action and how it would be in 

the public interest; 

2. the short- and long-term effects the 

proposed action is likely to have on the 

domestic CSPV industry, other domestic 

industries, and downstream consumers; 

and 

3. the short- and long-term effects that 

not taking the proposed action is likely 

to have on the domestic CSPV industry, 

its workers, and on other domestic 

industries and communities. 

The TPSC will convene a public 

hearing on December 6, 2017, at 9:30 

a.m. EST in Rooms 1 and 2, 1724 F 

Street NW., Washington DC. We will 

provide information about the format 

and schedule for the hearing to 

interested parties. Requests to testify 

must include the following information: 

(1) Name, address, telephone number, 

email address, and firm or affiliation of 

the individual wishing to testify, and (2) 

a brief summary of the proposed oral 

presentation. 

III. Submission Instructions 

USTR seeks public comments with 

respect to the issues described in 

Section II. To be assured of 

consideration, you must submit written 

comments by midnight EST on 

November 20, 2017, and any written 

responses to those comments by 

midnight EST on November 29, 2017. 

All comments must be in English and 

must identify on the reference line of 

the first page of the submission 

‘‘Potential Action: CSPV Cells.’’ 

We strongly encourage commenters to 

make on-line submissions, using the 

www.regulations.gov Web site. To 

submit comments via 

www.regulations.gov, enter docket 

number USTR–2017–0020 on the home 

page and click ‘‘search.’’ The site will 

provide a search-results page listing all 

documents associated with this docket. 

Find a reference to this notice and click 

on the link entitled ‘‘Comment Now!’’ 

For further information on using 

www.regulations.gov, please consult the 

resources provided on the Web site by 

clicking ‘‘How to Use Regulations.gov’’ 

on the bottom of the home page. We will 

not accept hand-delivered submissions. 

The www.regulations.gov Web site 

allows users to provide comments by 

filling in a ‘‘Type Comment’’ field, or by 

attaching a document using an ‘‘Upload 

File’’ field. We prefer that you provide 

comments as an attached document in 

Microsoft Word (.doc) or Adobe Acrobat 

(.pdf) format. If the submission is in 

another file format, please indicate the 

name of the software application in the 

‘‘Type Comment’’ field. File names 

should reflect the name of the person or 

entity submitting the comments. Please 

do not attach separate cover letters to 

electronic submissions; rather, include 

any information that might appear in a 

cover letter in the comments 

themselves. Similarly, to the extent 

possible, please include any exhibits, 

annexes, or other attachments in the 

same file as the comment itself, rather 

than submitting them as separate files. 

For any comments submitted 

electronically that contain business 

confidential information, the file name 

of the business confidential version 

should begin with the characters ‘‘BC’’. 

Any page containing business 

confidential information must be clearly 

marked ‘‘BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL’’ 

on the top of that page and the 

submission should clearly indicate, via 

brackets, highlighting, or other means, 

the specific information that is business 

confidential. A filer requesting business 

confidential treatment must certify that 

the information is business confidential 

and would not customarily be released 

to the public by the submitter. 

Filers of submissions containing 

business confidential information also 

must submit a public version of their 

comments. The file name of the public 

version should begin with the character 

‘‘P’’. Follow the ‘‘BC’’ and ‘‘P’’ with the 

name of the person or entity submitting 

the comments. Filers submitting 

comments containing no business 

confidential information should name 

their file using the name of the person 

or entity submitting the comments. 

As noted, we strongly urge submitters 

to file comments through 

www.regulations.gov. You must make 

arrangements for any alternative method 

of submission with Yvonne Jamison at 

(202) 395–9666 in advance of 

transmitting a comment. You can find 

general information about USTR at 

www.ustr.gov. 

We will post comments in the docket 

for public inspection, except business 

confidential information. You can view 

comments on www.regulations.gov by 

entering the relevant docket number in 

the search field on the home page. 

Edward Gresser, 

Chair of the Trade Policy Staff Committee, 

Office of the United States Trade 

Representative. 

[FR Doc. 2017–23098 Filed 10–24–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3290–F8–P 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

[Summary Notice No. PE–2017–86] 

Petition for Exemption; Summary of 

Petition Received 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of petition for exemption 

received. 

SUMMARY: This notice contains a 

summary of a petition seeking relief 

from specified requirements of Federal 

Aviation Regulations. The purpose of 

this notice is to improve the public’s 

awareness of, and participation in, this 

aspect of the FAA’s regulatory activities. 

Neither publication of this notice nor 

the inclusion or omission of information 

in the summary is intended to affect the 

legal status of the petition or its final 

disposition. 

DATES: Comments on this petition must 

identify the petition docket number 

involved and must be received on or 

before November 6, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Send comments identified 

by docket number FAA–2017–0996 

using any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to 

http://www.regulations.gov and follow 

the online instructions for sending your 

comments electronically. 

• Mail: Send comments to Docket 

Operations, M–30; U.S. Department of 

Transportation (DOT), 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Room W12–140, West 

Building Ground Floor, Washington, DC 

20590–0001. 

• Hand Delivery or Courier: Take 

comments to Docket Operations in 

Room W12–140 of the West Building 

Ground Floor at 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE., Washington, DC, between 9 

a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, except Federal holidays. 

• Fax: Fax comments to Docket 

Operations at 202–493–2251. 

Privacy: In accordance with 5 U.S.C. 

553(c), DOT solicits comments from the 

public to better inform its rulemaking 


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