For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), et. al., Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments, 50289-50290 [2022-17583]
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notice serves as a general solicitation for
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enhance ITA’s understanding of the
current global market landscape for the
deployment of AI technologies,
including a particular emphasis on
rapidly developing AI policy and
regulatory landscape in foreign markets
and the potential impact on U.S.
competitiveness. ITA seeks input from
stakeholders regarding any international
policies or regulations that impact the
ability of U.S. companies to develop,
deploy, or export advanced and
effective AI technologies and AI-enabled
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academia, and civil society—on the
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comments addressing U.S.
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1. What foreign/international AI
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2. What trade barriers currently exist
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3. What challenges are there when it
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4. How could international AI
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the global marketplace? What impactful
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13. How can AI be incorporated into
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ensure the competitiveness of U.S.
industry?
Barton Meroney,
Executive Director, Office of Manufacturing
Industries.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology (FIRST), et.
al., 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 September
6, 2022. Address written comments to
Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Washington, DC 20230. Please also
email a copy of those comments to
Dianne.Hanshaw@trade.gov.
Docket Number: 22–001. Applicant:
For Inspiration and Recognition of
Science and Technology (FIRST), 200
Bedford Street, Manchester, NH 03101.
Instrument: Dual Band 1.17 Gbps
Access Point. Manufacturer: Open Mesh
PO 00000
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Inc., China. Intended Use: According to
the applicant, the FIRST Robotics
Competition (FRC) (EIN 22–2990908)
requires wireless radio communication
between student teams’ driver controls
and their home-built robots. It is crucial
that FRC be able to manage the wireless
traffic (for safety and team experience
reasons). FRC mandates a specific radio
(Datto’s OM5P–AN, obsolete, or OM5P–
AC models, both are dual band 1.17
Gbps access points) with custom
firmware which optimizes the radio for
the competition use case. This
transaction is to secure the radios
needed for educational robotic kits for
the 2020 season (4,400 air-freighted to
meet 2020 season deadlines) and the
2021 season (4,336 shipped via ocean).
The applicant certifies that there will
not be any use of the foreign instrument
by or for the primary benefit of any
commercial (for-profit) entity with 5
years after entry of the foreign
instrument into the United States
customs territory. Justification for DutyFree Entry: According to the applicant,
there are no instruments of the same
general category manufactured in the
United States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: November
25, 2020.
Docket Number: 22–002. Applicant:
University of California, Riverside, 900
University Avenue, Riverside, CA
92521. Instrument: Customs Pulsed
Laser Deposit & Molecular-Beam
Epitaxy (PLD/MBE) deposition system.
Manufacturer: BEIJING PERFECT
TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., Beijing,
China. Intended Use: According to the
applicant, the instrument is intended to
be used for research purposes for
experimental condenses matter physics,
spin transport, quantum transport, and
spin-dependent physics, graphene, 2D
layers, heterostructures, and nanoscale
devices, magnetic insulators,
heterostructures and interfaces, energy
related materials science research.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry:
According to the applicant, there are no
instruments of the same general
category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December
17, 2021.
Docket Number: 22–003. Applicant:
University of Chicago Argonne LLC,
Operator of Argonne National
Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue,
Lemont, IL (U.S.A.), 60439–4873.
Instrument: High Heat Load Exit Mask
Assemblies. Manufacturer: Strumenti
Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy. Intended
Use: According to the applicant, these
components will be used to assemble
the new high heat load front ends for
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the Advanced Photon Source upgrade.
The front end consists of a series of
components that connect the storage
ring to the user beamline to deliver a
photon beam that will be used as a
three-dimensional X-ray microscope for
experimental purposes. The materials/
phenomena that are studied vary widely
from material properties analysis,
protein mapping for pharmaceutical
companies, X-ray imaging and chemical
composition determination. These
components will be used exclusively for
scientific research for a minimum of 5
years at Argonne National Laboratory.
The properties of the materials studied
include but are not limited to grain
structure, grain boundary and
interstitial defects, and morphology.
These properties are not only studied at
ambient environments but also under
high pressure, temperature, stress and
strain. Justification for Duty-Free Entry:
According to the applicant, there are no
instruments of the same general
category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: April 6,
2022.
Docket Number: 22–004. Applicant:
UChicago Argonne LLC, Operatory of
Argonne National Laboratory, 9700
South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL (U.S.A.)
60439–4873. Instrument: High Energy
Monochromators. Manufacturer:
Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy.
Intended Use: According to the
applicant, these instruments will be
used on new beamlines for the
Advanced Photon Source upgrade. The
monochromators are bandpass optical
filters, that allow only a narrow band of
wavelengths of X-rays to pass. This is
critical for the needs of the beamline’s
experimental purposes. The materials/
phenomena that are studied vary widely
from material properties analysis,
protein mapping for pharmaceutical
companies, X-ray imaging and chemical
composition determination. These
components will be used exclusively for
scientific research for a minimum of 5
years at Argonne National Laboratory.
The properties of the materials studied
include but are not limited to grain
structure, grain boundary and
interstitial defects, and morphology.
These properties are not only studied at
ambient environments but also under
high pressure, temperature, stress and
strain. Justification for Duty-Free Entry:
According to the applicant, there are no
instruments of the same general
category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: April 6,
2022.
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Docket Number: 22–005. Applicant:
Cornell University, School of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, Hollister
Hall (2046), Room #220, 527 College
Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853–3501, USA.
Instrument: Semi-automatic single cell
sorter. Manufacturer: Hooke
Instruments, Ltd., P.R. China. Intended
Use: According to the applicant, the
research will involve identifying and
obtaining novel single cells based on
metabolic traits that can not be
identified with simple label/staining,
and in addition, we would like to obtain
live cells for further culturing and
investigation. We are interested in novel
and non-culturable organisms/cells that
possess combined traits of desire that
can be detected using Raman microspectroscopy fingerprinting. This
unique label-free and ejection-based cell
sorter is the only one known that will
enable the applicant to eject the single
live cell (pre-identified with noninvasive, non-damaging Raman) in
complicated bioprocess/environmental
(soil water) samples into collectors and
then allow us to study them.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry:
According to the applicant, there are no
instruments of the same general
category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: August 30,
2021.
Dated: August 11, 2022.
Richard Herring,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement
and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–421–815, A–455–806, A–469–825]
Certain Preserved Mushrooms From
the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain:
Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Background
On April 20, 2022, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigations of imports of certain
preserved mushrooms from the
Netherlands, Poland, and Spain.1
Currently, the preliminary
determinations are due no later than
September 7, 2022.
Postponement of Preliminary
Determination
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
Commerce to issue the preliminary
determination in an LTFV investigation
within 140 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation.
However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the
preliminary determination until no later
than 190 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation if:
(A) the petitioner makes a timely
request for a postponement; or (B)
Commerce concludes that the parties
concerned are cooperating, that the
investigation is extraordinarily
complicated, and that additional time is
necessary to make a preliminary
determination. Under 19 CFR
351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a
request for postponement 25 days or
more before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determination and must
state the reasons for the request.
Commerce will grant the request unless
it finds compelling reasons to deny the
request.
On August 8, 2022, Giorgio Foods,
Inc. (the petitioner) submitted a timely
request that Commerce postpone the
preliminary determinations in the LTFV
investigations for the Netherlands,
Poland, and Spain.2 The petitioner
stated that it requests postponement due
to concerns that Commerce will need
more time to issue supplemental
questionnaires to address deficiencies in
the respondents’ initial questionnaire
responses.3
For the reasons stated above, and
because there are no compelling reasons
to deny the request, Commerce, in
Applicable August 16, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Benjamin A. Smith (the Netherlands),
Eliza Siordia (Poland), or Katherine
Johnson (Spain), AD/CVD Operations,
Offices III and V, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
PO 00000
(202) 482–2181, (202) 482–3878, or
(202) 482–2437, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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1 See Certain Preserved Mushrooms from France,
the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain: Initiation of
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 87 FR 24941
(April 27, 2022).
2 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations of Certain Preserved Mushrooms
from Netherlands, Poland, and Spain—Petitioner’s
Request for Postponement of Preliminary
Antidumping Determinations,’’ dated August 8,
2022.
3 Id. at 2.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
(FIRST), et. al., 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 September 6, 2022. Address
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Please also email a copy
of those comments to [email protected].
Docket Number: 22-001. Applicant: For Inspiration and Recognition
of Science and Technology (FIRST), 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH
03101. Instrument: Dual Band 1.17 Gbps Access Point. Manufacturer: Open
Mesh Inc., China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the FIRST
Robotics Competition (FRC) (EIN 22-2990908) requires wireless radio
communication between student teams' driver controls and their home-
built robots. It is crucial that FRC be able to manage the wireless
traffic (for safety and team experience reasons). FRC mandates a
specific radio (Datto's OM5P-AN, obsolete, or OM5P-AC models, both are
dual band 1.17 Gbps access points) with custom firmware which optimizes
the radio for the competition use case. This transaction is to secure
the radios needed for educational robotic kits for the 2020 season
(4,400 air-freighted to meet 2020 season deadlines) and the 2021 season
(4,336 shipped via ocean). The applicant certifies that there will not
be any use of the foreign instrument by or for the primary benefit of
any commercial (for-profit) entity with 5 years after entry of the
foreign instrument into the United States customs territory.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant, there
are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
November 25, 2020.
Docket Number: 22-002. Applicant: University of California,
Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521. Instrument:
Customs Pulsed Laser Deposit & Molecular-Beam Epitaxy (PLD/MBE)
deposition system. Manufacturer: BEIJING PERFECT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.,
Beijing, China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the
instrument is intended to be used for research purposes for
experimental condenses matter physics, spin transport, quantum
transport, and spin-dependent physics, graphene, 2D layers,
heterostructures, and nanoscale devices, magnetic insulators,
heterostructures and interfaces, energy related materials science
research. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the
applicant, there are no instruments of the same general category
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: December 17, 2021.
Docket Number: 22-003. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne
LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue,
Lemont, IL (U.S.A.), 60439-4873. Instrument: High Heat Load Exit Mask
Assemblies. Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy.
Intended Use: According to the applicant, these components will be used
to assemble the new high heat load front ends for
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the Advanced Photon Source upgrade. The front end consists of a series
of components that connect the storage ring to the user beamline to
deliver a photon beam that will be used as a three-dimensional X-ray
microscope for experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena that are
studied vary widely from material properties analysis, protein mapping
for pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition
determination. These components will be used exclusively for scientific
research for a minimum of 5 years at Argonne National Laboratory. The
properties of the materials studied include but are not limited to
grain structure, grain boundary and interstitial defects, and
morphology. These properties are not only studied at ambient
environments but also under high pressure, temperature, stress and
strain. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant,
there are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in
the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
April 6, 2022.
Docket Number: 22-004. Applicant: UChicago Argonne LLC, Operatory
of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL
(U.S.A.) 60439-4873. Instrument: High Energy Monochromators.
Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy. Intended Use:
According to the applicant, these instruments will be used on new
beamlines for the Advanced Photon Source upgrade. The monochromators
are bandpass optical filters, that allow only a narrow band of
wavelengths of X-rays to pass. This is critical for the needs of the
beamline's experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena that are
studied vary widely from material properties analysis, protein mapping
for pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition
determination. These components will be used exclusively for scientific
research for a minimum of 5 years at Argonne National Laboratory. The
properties of the materials studied include but are not limited to
grain structure, grain boundary and interstitial defects, and
morphology. These properties are not only studied at ambient
environments but also under high pressure, temperature, stress and
strain. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant,
there are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in
the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
April 6, 2022.
Docket Number: 22-005. Applicant: Cornell University, School of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hollister Hall (2046), Room #220,
527 College Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853-3501, USA. Instrument: Semi-
automatic single cell sorter. Manufacturer: Hooke Instruments, Ltd.,
P.R. China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the research will
involve identifying and obtaining novel single cells based on metabolic
traits that can not be identified with simple label/staining, and in
addition, we would like to obtain live cells for further culturing and
investigation. We are interested in novel and non-culturable organisms/
cells that possess combined traits of desire that can be detected using
Raman micro-spectroscopy fingerprinting. This unique label-free and
ejection-based cell sorter is the only one known that will enable the
applicant to eject the single live cell (pre-identified with non-
invasive, non-damaging Raman) in complicated bioprocess/environmental
(soil water) samples into collectors and then allow us to study them.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant, there
are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August
30, 2021.
Dated: August 11, 2022.
Richard Herring,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-17583 Filed 8-15-22; 8:45 am]
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