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Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the
Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub.
L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106–
36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we
invite comments on the question of
whether instruments of equivalent
scientific value, for the purposes for
which the instruments shown below are
intended to be used, are being
manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR
301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and
be postmarked on or before January 7,
2013. Address written comments to
Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230. Applications
may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and
5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Room 3720.
Docket Number: 12–053. Applicant:
University of Colorado Boulder, 1800
Grant St., Suite 500, Denver, CO 80203.
Instrument: HF2LI Lock-In System.
Manufacturer: Zurich Instruments AG,
Switzerland. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to measure
detected near-field signals scattered off
an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) tip
in a scattering-Scanning Near-field
Optical Microscope (s-SNOM). The
instrument will detect the magnitude
and phase of the light scattered by an
AFM tip to measure the electromagnetic
near-field of optical antennas,
plasmonics in metals and
semiconductors (including graphene),
photonic crystals, and other nanoscale
spectroscopy applications. The
instrument has the ability to fully
digitize the measured signal and analyze
it at 50 MHz, as well as the ability to
demodulate many frequencies at once,
which is essential to the measurement
technique. Demodulation at 50 MHz is
necessary because the AFM tip
oscillates at 350–300 kHz, and higher
harmonics (5th or 6th) of this oscillation
must be measured to isolate the nearfield signal. Justification for Duty-Free
Entry: There are no instruments of the
same general category manufactured in
the United States. Application accepted
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by Commissioner of Customs: November
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Docket Number: 12–054. Applicant:
Purdue University, 525 Northwestern
Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907–2036.
Instrument: DD Neutron Generator.
Manufacturer: NSD Fusion, Germany.
Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to determine the behavior of
produced scintillation light and
ionization electrons of low energy
nuclear recoils of Xenon, as well as to
compare the combination of energy
released in these two channels to energy
released in electronic recoils of the same
energy. The scintillation and ionization
signals are studied in a detector vessel
that lies underneath 5 meters of water,
thus the instrument needs to be water
tight. To study the scintillation light and
ionization behavior of liquid xenon to
neutrons from a mono-energetic neutron
source with energies close to 2.5 MeV,
each neutron interaction must be
resolved separately, and thus arrive at
most once every millisecond. The
instrument has been proven to show
less than a few hundred counts per
second when operated at low voltage,
and thus meets this requirement.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
are no instruments of the same general
category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: November 2,
2012.
Docket Number: 12–057. Applicant:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
190 Albany St., NW21–121, Cambridge,
MA 02139. Instrument: Fast Ferrite
Tuner. Manufacturer: AFT Microwave
GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument is part of a magnetic fieldaligned Ion Cyclotron RF antenna,
which is used to automatically follow
the load variation in real time and make
the antenna system load tolerant. The
instrument’s unique specifications are
its frequency range of 50–80 MHz and
5 MW circulating power. Justification
for Duty-Free Entry: There are no
instruments of the same general
category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: November
15, 2012.
Dated: December 11, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-651, as amended
by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments
on the question of whether instruments of equivalent scientific value,
for the purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to
be used, are being manufactured in the United States.
Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the
regulations and be postmarked on or before January 7, 2013. Address
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Applications may be
examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Room 3720.
Docket Number: 12-053. Applicant: University of Colorado Boulder,
1800 Grant St., Suite 500, Denver, CO 80203. Instrument: HF2LI Lock-In
System. Manufacturer: Zurich Instruments AG, Switzerland. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to measure detected near-field signals
scattered off an Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) tip in a scattering-
Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope (s-SNOM). The instrument will
detect the magnitude and phase of the light scattered by an AFM tip to
measure the electromagnetic near-field of optical antennas, plasmonics
in metals and semiconductors (including graphene), photonic crystals,
and other nanoscale spectroscopy applications. The instrument has the
ability to fully digitize the measured signal and analyze it at 50 MHz,
as well as the ability to demodulate many frequencies at once, which is
essential to the measurement technique. Demodulation at 50 MHz is
necessary because the AFM tip oscillates at 350-300 kHz, and higher
harmonics (5th or 6th) of this oscillation must be measured to isolate
the near-field signal. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 2,
2012.
Docket Number: 12-054. Applicant: Purdue University, 525
Northwestern Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2036. Instrument: DD
Neutron Generator. Manufacturer: NSD Fusion, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to determine the behavior of produced
scintillation light and ionization electrons of low energy nuclear
recoils of Xenon, as well as to compare the combination of energy
released in these two channels to energy released in electronic recoils
of the same energy. The scintillation and ionization signals are
studied in a detector vessel that lies underneath 5 meters of water,
thus the instrument needs to be water tight. To study the scintillation
light and ionization behavior of liquid xenon to neutrons from a mono-
energetic neutron source with energies close to 2.5 MeV, each neutron
interaction must be resolved separately, and thus arrive at most once
every millisecond. The instrument has been proven to show less than a
few hundred counts per second when operated at low voltage, and thus
meets this requirement. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 2,
2012.
Docket Number: 12-057. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 190 Albany St., NW21-121, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument:
Fast Ferrite Tuner. Manufacturer: AFT Microwave GmbH, Germany. Intended
Use: The instrument is part of a magnetic field-aligned Ion Cyclotron
RF antenna, which is used to automatically follow the load variation in
real time and make the antenna system load tolerant. The instrument's
unique specifications are its frequency range of 50-80 MHz and 5 MW
circulating power. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 15,
2012.
Dated: December 11, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-30342 Filed 12-14-12; 8:45 am]
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