[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54365-54366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5015]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Oregon Health and Science University, et al.; Notice of 
Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific 
Instruments

    This is a decision consolidated 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, Franklin Court 
Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, 
for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured 
in the United States.
    Docket Number: 05-018. Applicant: Oregon Health and Science 
University, Beaverton, OR 97006. Instrument: TriMScope Beam Multiplexor 
System. Manufacturer: La Vision Bio Tech, GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: 
See notice at 70 FR 36117, June 22, 2005. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides pulsed, near infrared light >700 nm which is safer 
for living biological tissue than visible light and is not damaging to 
living brain tissue. It also allows deeper penetration into the brain 
(to <100 [mu]m below the surface). Advice received from: The National 
Institutes of Health.
    Docket Number: 05-024. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Plasma Science and Fusion Center, 150 Albany Street, 
Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Diagnostic Neutral Beam Injector. 
Manufacturer: Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics. Intended Use: See 
notice at 70 FR 43125, July 26, 2005. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) Beam voltage of 55 kV max, 50 kV nominal and operating 
range of 20-55 kV, (2) extracted ion current of 7 A max, (3) pulse 
duration of 1.5 s constant and 3 s with on/off

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modulation, (4) beam diameter at FWHM <=7 cm at focus ([ell] [ap] 4 m) 
with <=0.55[deg] half-angle and (5) full-energy fraction >=70% of 
source ion current. Advice received from: Lawrence Livermore National 
Laboratory.
    Docket Number: 05-025. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, 150 Albany Street, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Nuclear 
Magnetic Resonance Magnet, Model JMTC-600/140. Manufacturer: Jastec, 
Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 43125, July 26, 2005. Reasons: 
The foreign article is a custom-built accessory for an existing 
instrument with which it will function as a unique persistent-mode, 
high-homogeneity and high-resolution 600 MHz NMR spectrometer. The 
domestic manufacturer deemed capable of producing an article meeting 
the applicant's specifications replied to the request, but declined to 
offer a bid. Advice received from: A different foreign manufacturer 
which also submitted an acceptable bid.
    Docket Number: 05-026. Applicant: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
14853-1301. Instrument: Horizontal Bounce Monochromater. Manufacturer: 
Oxford-Danfysik, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 
43125, July 26, 2005. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) Two 
highly-stable, monochromatic x-ray beams at 12.66 KeV and 14.78 KeV at 
the same fixed horizontal exit angle of 29.6 degrees relative to the 
primary input x-ray beam by vertical translation of one of two liquid-
nitrogen cooled silicon single crystals, contained in a high-vacuum 
enclosure free from mechanical vibrations and (2) acquisition and 
analysis of monochromatic x-ray scattering data at energies of 12.66 
KeV and 14.78 KeV from frozen, macromolecular single crystals with 
dimensions typically of 20-100 microns. Advice received from: The 
National Institutes of Health.
    Docket Number: 05-029. Applicant: University of Illinois, at 
Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607-7509. Instrument: Excimer Laser with 
Preamplifier. Manufacturer: Laser-Labratorium, Germany. Intended Use: 
See notice at 70 FR 43123, July 26, 2005. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) Subpicosecond pulse generation (230 fs), (2) 
high focusability (1-2 [mu]m) and (3) high peak power with good spatial 
characteristics and a low pulse repetition rate (0-10 Hz). Advice 
received from: The National Institute of Standards and Technology and a 
university research laboratory (Comparable case, 3/16/05).
    Docket Number: 05-031. Applicant: University of Illinois, Urbana, 
IL 61801. Instrument: Qarray2 Microarraying System. Manufacturer: 
Genetix, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 43126, 
July 26, 2005. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) A high-
precision, low-friction print head having pins held precisely in 
position by two layers of ball bearings with no lateral pin movement 
for higher accuracy during the printing process, (2) the small point of 
contact between the ball bearings and the pin allow free movement in 
the vertical direction with minimal friction, reducing the problem of 
pin sticking associated with traditional drilled heads, and (3) linear 
servo motors, that control positioning of the head, have very smooth 
motion and high accuracy. Advice received from: The National Institutes 
of Health.
    Docket Number: 05-033. Applicant: Seton Hall University, South 
Orange, NJ. Instrument: Excimer Laser, Model ThinFilmStar. 
Manufacturer: TuiLaser AG, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 
45689, August 8, 2005. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides both: 
(1) 250mJ @ 100Hz and (2) a very fast rise time (2.5 ns). Advice 
received from: The National Institute of Standards and Technology and a 
university research laboratory (Comparable case, 3/16/05).
    The capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above 
are pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and we know of no 
domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value for the 
intended use of each instrument.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E5-5015 Filed 9-13-05; 8:45 am]
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