Fermi Research Alliance, et al., Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments, 20426-20427 [2024-06131]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20426-20427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06131]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Fermi Research Alliance, 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 April 11, 2024. Address 
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 41006, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Please also email a copy 
of those comments to [email protected].
    Docket Number: 24-001. Applicant: Fermi Research Alliance, P.O. Box 
500, Batavia, IL 60510. Instrument: Helium Refrigeration/Liquification 
Plant and accompanying accessories. Manufacturer: Air Liquide, France. 
Intended Use: The PIP II linear accelerator will provide unparalleled 
achievement in particle acceleration. These accelerated particles will 
be born at the FNAL site in Batavia, IL and accelerated via the PIP II 
linear accelerator through the Earth approximately 900 miles west into 
the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) located in Lead, SD, to 
discover whether neutrinos violate the fundamental matter-antimatter 
symmetry of physics. The design, research, development, and results 
from the construction and use of the PIP II Linear Accelerator will be 
the subject of high energy physics and physics engineering courses at 
dozens of domestic and international institutions of higher education. 
No specific course titles are available at this time, but the 
information will be extensively discussed and challenged at college and 
university classrooms for years to come. 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 19, 2023.
    Docket Number: 24-002. Applicant: Washington University in St. 
Louis, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899. Instrument: Two-
Dimensional Material Metallographic Microscopic Transfer System. 
Manufacturer: HIGH HOPE ZHONGDING CORPORATION, China. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used for all general two-dimensional (2D) 
materials like graphene, molybdenum sulfide, black phosphorus, 2D 
magnetic et al., to perform a comprehensive set of optical experiments 
aimed at elucidating optical and magnetic properties of superlattices 
based on 2D materials et al. The main objective is to create new 
quantum materials as designed, to study exotic quantum states, which is 
crucial for the evolution of optical, electronic and information 
technologies of the future. This transfer stage is particularly 
developed for cutting-edge technology in the fabrication and 
manipulation of two-dimensional materials, which is crucial for 
researchers in these fields. 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: January 3, 2024.
    Docket Number: 24-003. Applicant: University of Colorado JILA 
Department, Campus Box 440 UCB, JILA Building, Room S/175, Boulder, CO 
80309. Instrument: Narrow Linewidth Laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai 
Precilasers Technology Co, Ltd., China. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be intended to be used for Quantum simulation using Lithium atoms 
in a cryogenic environment. Ultracold Lithium atoms will be used for 
studies of the Fermi-Hubbard model, which are an ideal platform for 
such studies due to their broadly tunable interactions with Feshbach 
resonances. Observation will determine whether low temperature phases 
of the Fermi-Hubbard model can be revealed by performing our 
experiments within a cryogenically pumped environment to improve the 
evaporatively cooled gas temperatures due to suppression of hole-
induced heating. 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: January 17, 2024.

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    Docket Number: 24-004. Applicant: University of Colorado JILA 
Department, 1900 Colorado Avenue, Campus Box 440 UCB, Boulder, CO 
80309. Instrument: Fiber Laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilasers 
Technology Co., China. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be 
used for research that will be conducted on barely interacting 
Strontium (Sr) atoms confined and cooled by lasers down to extremely 
cold temperatures, below 1 microkelvin. The frequency of transition to 
a highly stable state in Sr atoms can be used as the reference of the 
unit of time. To realize the atomic clock operation, precision quantum 
spectroscopy experiment will be performed to measure the transition 
frequency. The laser claimed for the duty-exemption is an 813 nm fiber 
laser module with a single-mode continuous-wave (CW) output power of 10 
W, which will be used for setting up the 813 nm magic-wavelength 
optical lattice for our experiment. The Sr atoms are thus confined in 
each lattice node while showing minimally perturbed transition 
frequency. The research is conducted by graduated students at the 
University of Colorado as field training in their degree programs. 
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: January 
23, 2024.
    Docket Number: 24-005. Applicant: University of Florida, P.O. Box 
118525, Gainesville, FL 32611. Instrument: UniPrep2 for determining 
hydrogen isotopic composition. Manufacturer: EuroVectro, Italy. 
Intended Use: The instrument Uniprep2 is intended to be used in the 
measurement of hydrogen isotope composition of complex organic samples 
to control hydrogen-isotope exchange and for sample drying and vapor 
equilibration. The properties of the materials studied are that they 
have exchangeable hydrogen and residual moisture contamination. This 
instrument helps to address those complications that can have biased 
results. 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: 
January 25, 2024.
    Docket Number: 24-006. Applicant: University of Colorado JILA 
Department, Campus Box 440 UCB, JILA Building, Room S/175, Boulder, CO 
80309. Instrument: Narrow linewidth laser@2923nm. Manufacturer: 
Shanghai Precilasers Technology Co., Ltd, China. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to study continuous superradiant 
lasing from Stontium atoms. The lasing will induced in part using the 
lasing system purchased. The laser will be used to perform experiments 
that will demonstrate (for the first time anywhere) continuous 
superradiant lasing. The laser will be used to cool the atoms to a few 
millionths of a degree above absolute zero. To achieve these goals, we 
require a narrow linewidth laser source (<50kHz) with high output power 
(>400mW) at 2923 nm for laser cooling and trapping Strontium atoms 
using the internal levels 3P2 to 3D3. 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: January 32, 2024.
    Docket Number: 24-007. Applicant: University of Massachusetts 
Amherst, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, 120 Governors 
Drive, Amherst, MA 01003. Instrument: Food Elasticity Measurement 
System. Manufacturer: Changfu Technology (Beijing) Company, Ltd., 
China. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for rubber 
elasticity--The system allows for measuring properties such as elastic 
modulus, stress-strain relationship, and resilience of rubber 
materials; Food texture temperature response and elasticity, with the 
temperature control unit, the system enables studying how food textures 
change in elasticity and firmness with temperature variations; and 
Polymer glass thermal analysis--the system's thermal analysis 
capabilities facilitate the examination of heat conduction properties 
in polymer glasses, including thermal conductivity and heat transfer 
behavior. 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: January 31, 2024.
    Docket Number: 24-008. Applicant: Harvard University, Department of 
Physics, 17 Oxford Street, Jefferson Laboratory, Cambridge, MA 02138. 
Instrument: (1) 703nm single frequency fiber laser, (1) 1080nm single-
frequency fiber laser. Manufacturer: Shanghai Precilaser Technology, 
Co., Ltd., China. Intended Use: The instruments are intended to be used 
in support of the Advanced Cold Molecule Electron Electric Dipole 
Moment Experiment (ACME EDM experiment), a collaborative physics 
experiment now between Harvard University, Northwestern University, and 
University of Chicago. The goal of the ACME project is to shed light on 
the reasons for why there is more matter than antimatter in the 
universe through the measurement of properties of the Thorium-232 
Monoxide molecules. 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: February 7, 2024.

    Dated: March 18, 2024.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysis, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-06131 Filed 3-21-24; 8:45 am]
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