Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments, 64916 [2013-25599]

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• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 64916]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25599]



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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 November 19, 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: 13-034. Applicant: University of Minnesota--Twin 
Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: 
Diode-Pumped Solid-State Femtosecond Laser. Manufacturer: Light 
Conversion, Lithuania. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
study non-equilibrium materials processes ranging spatially from the 
atomic-scale up to micrometers and temporally from femtoseconds to 
seconds, including thermal transport, energy conversion (e.g., light to 
heat), crystallization, melting, phase transformations, fracture, and 
other dynamic events. The unique characteristics of the instrument 
required for the research objectives include a variable repetition rate 
from single-shot to 1 MHz controlled with TTL input for external 
triggering or via computer interface, 0.2 mJ/pulse (<30 kHz), 6 Watts 
at 1 MHz, collinear output from a harmonics module of fundamental (1030 
nm), second harmonic (515 nm), and third harmonic (343 nm) with 
additional optics for operation at low and high repetition rates. 
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: July 30, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-036. Applicant: UChicago Argonne, 9700 South Cass 
Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: High pressure crystal growth 
furnace with Siemens programmable logic controller. Manufacturer: 
SCIDRE--Scientific Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to create transition metal oxides, including oxides of 
iron, manganese, copper, cobalt, vanadium, iridium, ruthenium, rhenium, 
titanium, nickel, and zinc. It will also be used to grow crystals of 
intermetallic phases, which are non-oxides of these same transition 
metals, alloyed with lanthanide metals and/or main group metals (e.g., 
Al, Si, Bi). These materials will be created to understand a variety of 
physical phenomena including superconductivity, metal-insulator 
transitions, and magnetism. With the crystals grown on the instrument, 
a variety of tests will be performed including magnetic measurements, 
structural determination by x-ray or neutron scattering, and electrical 
transport. The unique characteristics of this instrument required for 
the research objectives include operation at pressures of oxygen or 
inert gases up to 150 atm, measurement of image zone using pyrometric 
probes, and cleansing of inert gas stream to better than 
10-12 ppm oxygen with monitoring during process. 
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: August 19, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-037. Applicant: Georgia Health Sciences 
University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912. Instrument: Imaging 
System/Digital Microscope & Accessories. Manufacturer: Till Photonics, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for fluorescence 
imaging of cellular organelles and calcium flux, photo-activation and 
photo-bleaching fluorescent proteins to study cellular organelles 
(mitochondria) and intracellular ion flux. The unique characteristics 
of the instrument include fast wavelength change, a dichromotome 
system, and two different light sources that are incorporated and 
readily switchable, incorporated into a single unit of a wide field 
fluorescence microscope. 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: August 22, 
2013.

    Dated: October 22, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-25599 Filed 10-29-13; 8:45 am]
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