[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 56746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2316]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North Carolina State University; Notice of Decision on 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed 
between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC.
    Docket Number: 04-015. Applicant: North Carolina State University, 
Raleigh, NC 27695-7212. Instrument: Cryogen-Free Superconductive Magnet 
System. Manufacturer: Cryogen Limited, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 69 FR 51812, August 23, 2004. Comments: None received. 
Decision: Approved. No instrument of equivalent scientific value to the 
foreign instrument, for such purposes as it is intended to be used, is 
being manufactured in the United States. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides a magnetic field of 12 Tesla, without cryogen 
cooling, in order to achieve highly polarized spin states for study of 
spin polarization phenomena in novel magnetic materials and to exceed 
the local zero-field splitting field of single-molecule magnets to 
attain essentially pure quantum state for an ensemble of quantum dots 
in quantum computing experiments.
    The Department of Energy advises that (1) these capabilities are 
pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows of no 
domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value to the 
foreign instrument for the applicant's intended use.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
 [FR Doc. E4-2316 Filed 9-21-04; 8:45 am]
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