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immediately and shall remain in effect
for 180 days.25
Dated: July 13, 2015.
Richard R. Majauskas,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Export Enforcement.
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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 August 17,
2015. 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: 15–015. Applicant:
University of Pittsburgh, 100
Technology Drive, Suite 350, Pittsburgh,
PA 15219. Instrument: Oxygraph-2K.
Manufacturer: Oroboros Instruments
Corp, Austria. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to evaluate the
various putative antidotes to reverse the
effects of cyanide or sulfide toxicants on
mitochondria in cultured cells. The
instrument will be used to measure
changes in oxygen consumption rates
correlated with either changes in
mitochondrial inner-membrane
depolarization, changes in calcium
fluxes between endoplasmic reticulum
and mitochondria, or prevailing levels
of hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide.
The instrument is unique in its ability
to allow routine measurements to be
made with specifications summarized
under the term ‘‘high-resolution
respirometry’’, meaning the limit of
detection of O2 flux is as low as 0.5
pmols¥1 cm¥3, signal noise at zero
oxygen concentration is <0.05 mM O2,
oxygen back-diffusion at zero oxygen at
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<3 pmols¥1 cm¥3, and oxygen
consumption at air saturation and
standard basic barometric pressure
(100kPa) at 2.7 ± 0.9 SD in at 37 degrees
Celsius. The dual measurement
capability of the instrument is also
critical for the experiments. 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: June 1, 2015.
Docket Number: 15–019. Applicant:
Oregon State University, 2900 SW
Campus Way, LPSC 145, Corvallis, OR
97331–2140. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, Czech Republic. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to
identify genus and species of small
biological samples such as pollen,
diatoms, and dead bacteria, as well as
study novel life science and materials
science samples. Justification for DutyFree Entry: There are no instruments of
the same general category manufactured
in the United States. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
April 23, 2015.
Docket Number: 15–021. Applicant:
The City University of New York, 205
East 42nd Street, Room 11–64, New
York, NY 10017. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to visualize
macromolecular complexes composed
of protein, nucleic acids and lipids,
organelles and cells in vitrified ice, to
understand the structural mechanism by
which macromolecular complexes,
organelles and cells carry out their
actions. 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: May 8,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–022. Applicant:
Purdue University, 701 West Stadium
Ave., ARMS, West Lafayette, IN 47907.
Instrument: Conical twin screw
minicompounder. Manufacturer:
Xplore, the Netherlands. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to find
improved formulations of polymer
resins with improved mechanical,
thermal, electrical and other properties
using compounding, recirculation,
master-batch mixing and additive
mixing. The instrument satisfies several
requirements for the experiments,
including surface hardness of
components at 2000 Vickers hardness,
operational temperature to 450 degrees
Celsius, conical twin screw design,
capability of both co- and counterrotating, expandable to specialized
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screws for nanomaterial compounding,
expandable to film line, fiber line, and
injection molder, corrosive material
tolerance (pH 0–14) and the ability to
track viscosity. Justification for DutyFree Entry: There are no instruments of
the same general category manufactured
in the United States. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
June 12, 2015.
Docket Number: 15–023. Applicant:
Idaho National Laboratory, 2525
Fremont Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83415.
Instrument: Focused Ion Beam (FIB)
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI, Czech
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to analyze materials
including nuclear fuels used in research
and power reactors as well as irradiated
structural materials associated with the
operation of nuclear reactors, to obtain
insight on the microstructure stability of
nuclear materials, including the effects
of radiation on the microstructure of
nuclear fuels and structural materials
and the effects of porosity due to fission
gas and/or helium production. The
instrument is used to create a pristine
sample surface, void of damage crated
by standard sample preparation
techniques for microstructure
characterization. Additionally, it can be
used to create samples from irradiated
fuel that have radiation levels that are
less than the detection limits of
standard radiation counters, which
lowers the dose received to personnel
when handling FIB’ed samples.
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: June 15,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–024. Applicant:
Institute for the Preservation of Cultural
Heritage, Yale University, 300
Hefferman Drive, Bldg. 900, West
Haven, CT 06516. Instrument: Willard
Multi-Function Table. Manufacturer:
Willard, United Kingdom. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to carry out
conservation processes, for conservation
fellows to develop and research
methodologies of treatment and to
instruct student conservators in
structural conservation techniques. The
surface of the table can be heated very
precisely and evenly, air can be
circulated under the surface to create
downward pressure, air can also be
passed through ducts which can be
heated and can produce precisely
controlled humidity, a vacuum system
can be used to hold objects in place and
can be operated independently of the
humidification system, which is a
unique feature of the instrument.
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Research into new techniques and the
testing of adhesives and consolidants
will be undertaken. 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: May 21,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–025. Applicant:
The Rockefeller University, 1230 York
Avenue, New York, NY 10065.
Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the
Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to determine
three-dimensional structures of single
proteins or multi-protein complexes,
complexes between proteins and
nucleic acids, which can be either RNA
or DNA, as well as lipids, detergents or
inhibitors of certain proteins.
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: May 27,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–026. Applicant:
University of Delaware, 201 DuPont
Hall, University of Delaware, Newark,
DE 19716. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, Brno, Czech Republic.
Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to obtain structural and elemental
information of materials such as
polymers, colloids and biomaterials,
including morphology, size distribution,
and crystal structure and their
correlations with material processes and
properties. 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: June 16,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–027. Applicant:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1700 Y
St., Lincoln, NE 68588–0645.
Instrument: Photonic Professional GTupgrade. Manufacturer: Nanoscribe
GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to research
micro/nano 3D printing, micro/nano
technology, materials, and novel lasermaterial interactions, using 3D laser
lithography techniques integrating both
two-photon polymerization (TPP) and
multi-photon ablation (MPA). The
instrument integrates both a precise
piezo stage and a galvano scanner for a
large-are and fast micro/nanostructuring. Multi-photon
polymerization and multi-photon
ablation will be investigated and
applied for printing 3D micro/nanostructures of arbitrary geometries,
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especially those on plasmonics,
photonics and microelectromechanical
systems. The influence of degree of
polymerization on the micro 3D printing
will be studied for further 3D
fabrication. 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: June 16,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–028. Applicant:
University of California, Irvine, 816 F
Engineering Tower, Irvine, CA 92697–
2575. Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.
Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to determine nanoparticle size,
crystal structure, interface and defect
structure, surface structure,
composition, electronic state, bad-gap,
cell structure, magnetic domain
structure, 3D-structure and phase
transformation of materials such as
metals, ceramics, semiconductors,
superconductors, polymers, magnetic
and electronic materials, nanomaterials,
tissues and cells. Justification for DutyFree Entry: There are no instruments of
the same general category manufactured
in the United States. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
June 12, 2015.
Docket Number: 15–030. Applicant:
Washington State University, 220
French Administration Building, P.O.
Box 641020, Pullman, WA 99164–1020.
Instrument: MSM400 Yeast Tetrad
Dissection Microscope. Manufacturer:
Singer Instruments, United Kingdom.
Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to gain a basic molecular
understanding of how cells repair DNA
damage, how different chromosome
features (i.e. DNA sequence,
transcription, replication, protein
association) impact the efficiency of
repair and ultimately the production of
mutation due to failure of repair, using
the instrument to isolate haploid yeast
with specific genetic backgrounds that
can most easily be generated in
heterozygous diploid yeast. In addition
the instrument will be used to
determine on which chromosomes
genetic alterations took place in diploid
yeast treated with DNA damaging
agents, as well as to document the
growth and cell cycle stage of yeast. The
instrument has a robotic stage that
automatically places dissected spores on
a grid to ensure correct cataloging of
spores, and also allows control of the
dissecting needle along 3 axes. No
domestic manufactured instruments
have these required capabilities.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
are no instruments of the same general
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category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: July 10,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–032. Applicant:
The Trustees of Princeton University,
701 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ
08540. Instrument: Helios Dual Beam.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to perform imaging on
cross sections of nanoscale, biological,
photonic and multifunctional materials,
made at precise geometric locations at a
very small scale. Additionally, it is used
to cross-section through the exact center
of an impression, or along planes
parallel to a set of microstructural
features. Standard methods are
incapable of preparing cross sections
with the requisite spatial precision.
With its unique triple detection system
located inside the column and
immersion mode, the system is designed
for simultaneous detector acquisition for
angular and energy selective SE and
BSE imaging. Fast access to very
precise, clear information is guaranteed,
not only top-down, but also on titled
specimen or cross-sections. Additional
below-the-lens detectors and a beam
deceleration mode unsure that all
signals are collected and no information
is left behind. The instrument extends
characterization with a versatile 110mm
goniometer stage with tilt capability up
to 90 degrees and optimal tripe incolumn detection. Unique features of
the instrument include the shortest time
to nanoscale information using best in
class Ga ion gun and Elstar Schlottky
FESEM high resolution, stability and
automation, sample management
tailored to individual application needs,
with the high flexibility 110mm and
high stability 150mm piezo stages, the
focused ion beam can mill any material
to a very fine scale, and can make
features with a high degree of accuracy
at the nanoscale, with critical
dimensions of less than 50 nm, rapidly
design, create and inspect micro and
nano-scale functional prototype devices
and create 3D Nanoprototyping with a
DualBeam, sharp, refined and chargefree contrast obtained from up to 6
integrated in-column and below-thelens detectors, can mill difficult
charging samples with charge
neutralizer. 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: June 18,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–033. Applicant:
Battelle Memorial Institute, 790 6th
Street, Richland, WA 99354. Instrument:
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Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, the Netherlands. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to
understand the structure-property or
structure-activity of materials such as
catalysts, semiconductors, battery
materials, and minerals at high spatial
resolution under realistic conditions in
order to design better materials.
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: June 16,
2015.
Docket Number: 15–034. Applicant:
Purdue University, 401 S. Grant St.,
West Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument:
Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser.
Manufacturer: Edgewave GmbH,
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to enhance the
fundamental understanding of
propellant combustion so that safer and
higher performance solid propellants
can be designed and developed. The
instrument is to be used for the
measurement of flame radical species in
propellant flames in real-time, using
high-frame-rate (10–40kHz) imaging of
the flame radical OH, produced in the
reaction zone. The OH distribution is
used to determine the burning mode for
the propellant, and the laser system will
give the capability to obtain high-framerate images of other propellants. The
primary technique is high-frame-rate
planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF)
imaging. The UV laser from a Credo dye
laser, pumped by the Edgewave DPSS
laser, is formed into a focused sheet
using a combination of spherical and
cylindrical lenses. The frequency of the
UV beam is then tuned to a resonance
transition for the OH radical and the OH
radical is pumped from the ground state
to an excited electronic state by
absorbing a photon from the laser sheet.
Once in the excited state, the OH radical
can decay by emitting a photon
(fluorescence). The fluorescence light is
imaged using a high-frame-rate
intensified CMOS camera to produce an
image of the OH distribution in the laser
sheet, providing both time-and spaceresolved information on the laser
process. No domestic instruments have
the required power, rep rate, and pulse
length on the order of 10 nanoseconds.
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: June 23,
2015.
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Dated: July 21, 2015.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement,
Enforcement and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XE022
Marine Mammals; File No. 19590
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
Terrie Williams, Ph.D., University of
California at Santa Cruz, Long Marine
Lab, Center for Ocean Health, 100
Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, has
applied in due form for a permit to
conduct research on captive marine
mammals.
SUMMARY:
Written, telefaxed, or email
comments must be received on or before
August 27, 2015.
ADDRESSES: The application and related
documents are available for review by
selecting ‘‘Records Open for Public
Comment’’ from the ‘‘Features’’ box on
the Applications and Permits for
Protected Species (APPS) home page,
https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then
selecting File No. 19590 from the list of
available applications.
These documents are also available
upon written request or by appointment
in the Permits and Conservation
Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room
13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone
(301) 427–8401; fax (301) 713–0376.
Written comments on this application
should be submitted to the Chief,
Permits and Conservation Division, at
the address listed above. Comments may
also be submitted by facsimile to (301)
713–0376, or by email to
NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Please
include File No. 19590 in the subject
line of the email comment.
Those individuals requesting a public
hearing should submit a written request
to the Chief, Permits and Conservation
Division at the address listed above. The
request should set forth the specific
reasons why a hearing on this
application would be appropriate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Skidmore or Amy Sloan, (301)
427–8401.
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The
subject permit is requested under the
authority of the Marine Mammal
Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the
regulations governing the taking and
importing of marine mammals (50 CFR
part 216), the Endangered Species Act of
1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531
et seq.), the regulations governing the
taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered and threatened species (50
CFR 222–226), and the Fur Seal Act of
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et
seq.).
The applicant is requesting a permit
to continue activities authorized under
Permit No. 13602. This research
compares the energetic and
cardiovascular responses and diving
physiology of odontocetes and
pinnipeds to determine key
physiological factors. Captive bottlenose
dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and
temporarily held non-releasable
Hawaiian monk seals (Neomonachus
schauinslandi) at Long Marine Lab will
be used as model species due to
availability, trainability, and a
foundation of data from previous
studies by the applicant. Additional
captive marine mammal species (up to
132 animals representing 8 species over
6 years, listed in the application) will be
added through cooperative agreements
with accredited zoological institutions
in the U.S. Other species and subjects
from rehabilitation and stranding
programs in the U.S. may be added
opportunistically. This research on
captive animals will provide data for
understanding the impact of changing
environmental demands on wild marine
mammals. Two approaches are used, (1)
basic physiological evaluation (caloric
intake, metabolism, heart rate, stroke
rate, aerobic dive capacity, thermal
capacity) measured seasonally on
mature and immature dolphins, and (2)
comparative evaluation of identical
parameters for other species
representing different marine mammal
evolutionary lineages. Research
methods include training marine
mammals for voluntary participation to
the maximum extent feasible to (1)
assess body condition and
morphometrics, (2) measure metabolic
rate (stationing under a metabolic hood),
(3) sample blood (for blood gases and
lactate concentration) and administer
Evan’s blue dye and deuterium oxide
(determination of oxygen stores, (4)
attach instruments (e.g., ECG monitors
to measure heart rate), (5) monitor heat
flow and skin temperature with a
handheld surface probe, and (6)
measure body temperature via a flexible
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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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 August 17, 2015. 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: 15-015. Applicant: University of Pittsburgh, 100
Technology Drive, Suite 350, Pittsburgh, PA 15219. Instrument:
Oxygraph-2K. Manufacturer: Oroboros Instruments Corp, Austria. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to evaluate the various putative
antidotes to reverse the effects of cyanide or sulfide toxicants on
mitochondria in cultured cells. The instrument will be used to measure
changes in oxygen consumption rates correlated with either changes in
mitochondrial inner-membrane depolarization, changes in calcium fluxes
between endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria, or prevailing levels of
hydrogen peroxide and nitric oxide. The instrument is unique in its
ability to allow routine measurements to be made with specifications
summarized under the term ``high-resolution respirometry'', meaning the
limit of detection of O2 flux is as low as 0.5
pmols-1 cm-3, signal noise at zero oxygen
concentration is <0.05 [mu]M O2, oxygen back-diffusion at
zero oxygen at <3 pmols-1 cm-3, and oxygen
consumption at air saturation and standard basic barometric pressure
(100kPa) at 2.7 0.9 SD in at 37 degrees Celsius. The dual
measurement capability of the instrument is also critical for the
experiments. 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: June 1, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-019. Applicant: Oregon State University, 2900 SW
Campus Way, LPSC 145, Corvallis, OR 97331-2140. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to identify genus and species of small
biological samples such as pollen, diatoms, and dead bacteria, as well
as study novel life science and materials science samples.
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: April 23, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-021. Applicant: The City University of New York,
205 East 42nd Street, Room 11-64, New York, NY 10017. Instrument:
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Japan. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to visualize macromolecular complexes
composed of protein, nucleic acids and lipids, organelles and cells in
vitrified ice, to understand the structural mechanism by which
macromolecular complexes, organelles and cells carry out their actions.
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: May 8, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-022. Applicant: Purdue University, 701 West
Stadium Ave., ARMS, West Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument: Conical twin
screw minicompounder. Manufacturer: Xplore, the Netherlands. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to find improved formulations of
polymer resins with improved mechanical, thermal, electrical and other
properties using compounding, recirculation, master-batch mixing and
additive mixing. The instrument satisfies several requirements for the
experiments, including surface hardness of components at 2000 Vickers
hardness, operational temperature to 450 degrees Celsius, conical twin
screw design, capability of both co- and counter-rotating, expandable
to specialized screws for nanomaterial compounding, expandable to film
line, fiber line, and injection molder, corrosive material tolerance
(pH 0-14) and the ability to track viscosity. 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: June 12, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-023. Applicant: Idaho National Laboratory, 2525
Fremont Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83415. Instrument: Focused Ion Beam
(FIB) Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to analyze materials including nuclear fuels
used in research and power reactors as well as irradiated structural
materials associated with the operation of nuclear reactors, to obtain
insight on the microstructure stability of nuclear materials, including
the effects of radiation on the microstructure of nuclear fuels and
structural materials and the effects of porosity due to fission gas
and/or helium production. The instrument is used to create a pristine
sample surface, void of damage crated by standard sample preparation
techniques for microstructure characterization. Additionally, it can be
used to create samples from irradiated fuel that have radiation levels
that are less than the detection limits of standard radiation counters,
which lowers the dose received to personnel when handling FIB'ed
samples. 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: June 15, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-024. Applicant: Institute for the Preservation of
Cultural Heritage, Yale University, 300 Hefferman Drive, Bldg. 900,
West Haven, CT 06516. Instrument: Willard Multi-Function Table.
Manufacturer: Willard, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to carry out conservation processes, for conservation
fellows to develop and research methodologies of treatment and to
instruct student conservators in structural conservation techniques.
The surface of the table can be heated very precisely and evenly, air
can be circulated under the surface to create downward pressure, air
can also be passed through ducts which can be heated and can produce
precisely controlled humidity, a vacuum system can be used to hold
objects in place and can be operated independently of the
humidification system, which is a unique feature of the instrument.
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Research into new techniques and the testing of adhesives and
consolidants will be undertaken. 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: May
21, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-025. Applicant: The Rockefeller University, 1230
York Avenue, New York, NY 10065. Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to determine three-dimensional structures of
single proteins or multi-protein complexes, complexes between proteins
and nucleic acids, which can be either RNA or DNA, as well as lipids,
detergents or inhibitors of certain proteins. 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: May 27, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-026. Applicant: University of Delaware, 201
DuPont Hall, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Instrument:
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Brno, Czech Republic.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to obtain structural and
elemental information of materials such as polymers, colloids and
biomaterials, including morphology, size distribution, and crystal
structure and their correlations with material processes and
properties. 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: June 16, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-027. Applicant: University of Nebraska, Lincoln,
1700 Y St., Lincoln, NE 68588-0645. Instrument: Photonic Professional
GT-upgrade. Manufacturer: Nanoscribe GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to research micro/nano 3D printing, micro/nano
technology, materials, and novel laser-material interactions, using 3D
laser lithography techniques integrating both two-photon polymerization
(TPP) and multi-photon ablation (MPA). The instrument integrates both a
precise piezo stage and a galvano scanner for a large-are and fast
micro/nano-structuring. Multi-photon polymerization and multi-photon
ablation will be investigated and applied for printing 3D micro/nano-
structures of arbitrary geometries, especially those on plasmonics,
photonics and microelectromechanical systems. The influence of degree
of polymerization on the micro 3D printing will be studied for further
3D fabrication. 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: June 16, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-028. Applicant: University of California, Irvine,
816 F Engineering Tower, Irvine, CA 92697-2575. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to determine nanoparticle size, crystal
structure, interface and defect structure, surface structure,
composition, electronic state, bad-gap, cell structure, magnetic domain
structure, 3D-structure and phase transformation of materials such as
metals, ceramics, semiconductors, superconductors, polymers, magnetic
and electronic materials, nanomaterials, tissues and cells.
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: June 12, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-030. Applicant: Washington State University, 220
French Administration Building, P.O. Box 641020, Pullman, WA 99164-
1020. Instrument: MSM400 Yeast Tetrad Dissection Microscope.
Manufacturer: Singer Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to gain a basic molecular understanding of how
cells repair DNA damage, how different chromosome features (i.e. DNA
sequence, transcription, replication, protein association) impact the
efficiency of repair and ultimately the production of mutation due to
failure of repair, using the instrument to isolate haploid yeast with
specific genetic backgrounds that can most easily be generated in
heterozygous diploid yeast. In addition the instrument will be used to
determine on which chromosomes genetic alterations took place in
diploid yeast treated with DNA damaging agents, as well as to document
the growth and cell cycle stage of yeast. The instrument has a robotic
stage that automatically places dissected spores on a grid to ensure
correct cataloging of spores, and also allows control of the dissecting
needle along 3 axes. No domestic manufactured instruments have these
required capabilities. 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 10, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-032. Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton
University, 701 Carnegie Center, Princeton, NJ 08540. Instrument:
Helios Dual Beam. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to perform imaging on cross sections
of nanoscale, biological, photonic and multifunctional materials, made
at precise geometric locations at a very small scale. Additionally, it
is used to cross-section through the exact center of an impression, or
along planes parallel to a set of microstructural features. Standard
methods are incapable of preparing cross sections with the requisite
spatial precision. With its unique triple detection system located
inside the column and immersion mode, the system is designed for
simultaneous detector acquisition for angular and energy selective SE
and BSE imaging. Fast access to very precise, clear information is
guaranteed, not only top-down, but also on titled specimen or cross-
sections. Additional below-the-lens detectors and a beam deceleration
mode unsure that all signals are collected and no information is left
behind. The instrument extends characterization with a versatile 110mm
goniometer stage with tilt capability up to 90 degrees and optimal
tripe in-column detection. Unique features of the instrument include
the shortest time to nanoscale information using best in class Ga ion
gun and Elstar Schlottky FESEM high resolution, stability and
automation, sample management tailored to individual application needs,
with the high flexibility 110mm and high stability 150mm piezo stages,
the focused ion beam can mill any material to a very fine scale, and
can make features with a high degree of accuracy at the nanoscale, with
critical dimensions of less than 50 nm, rapidly design, create and
inspect micro and nano-scale functional prototype devices and create 3D
Nanoprototyping with a DualBeam, sharp, refined and charge-free
contrast obtained from up to 6 integrated in-column and below-the-lens
detectors, can mill difficult charging samples with charge neutralizer.
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: June 18, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-033. Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute, 790
6th Street, Richland, WA 99354. Instrument:
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Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to understand the structure-
property or structure-activity of materials such as catalysts,
semiconductors, battery materials, and minerals at high spatial
resolution under realistic conditions in order to design better
materials. 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: June 16, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-034. Applicant: Purdue University, 401 S. Grant
St., West Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument: Diode-Pumped Solid-State
Laser. Manufacturer: Edgewave GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to enhance the fundamental understanding of
propellant combustion so that safer and higher performance solid
propellants can be designed and developed. The instrument is to be used
for the measurement of flame radical species in propellant flames in
real-time, using high-frame-rate (10-40kHz) imaging of the flame
radical OH, produced in the reaction zone. The OH distribution is used
to determine the burning mode for the propellant, and the laser system
will give the capability to obtain high-frame-rate images of other
propellants. The primary technique is high-frame-rate planar laser-
induced fluorescence (PLIF) imaging. The UV laser from a Credo dye
laser, pumped by the Edgewave DPSS laser, is formed into a focused
sheet using a combination of spherical and cylindrical lenses. The
frequency of the UV beam is then tuned to a resonance transition for
the OH radical and the OH radical is pumped from the ground state to an
excited electronic state by absorbing a photon from the laser sheet.
Once in the excited state, the OH radical can decay by emitting a
photon (fluorescence). The fluorescence light is imaged using a high-
frame-rate intensified CMOS camera to produce an image of the OH
distribution in the laser sheet, providing both time-and space-resolved
information on the laser process. No domestic instruments have the
required power, rep rate, and pulse length on the order of 10
nanoseconds. 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: June 23, 2015.
Dated: July 21, 2015.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-18450 Filed 7-27-15; 8:45 am]
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