[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 41 (Thursday, March 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 10649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2986]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Dartmouth College, 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: 05-047. Applicant: Dartmouth College, Thayer School of 
Engineering, Hanover, NH. Instrument: Magneto-opticKerr Effect 
Microscope. Manufacturer: Durham Magneto Optics,Ltd., UK. Intended Use: 
See notice at 70 FR 72609, December 6, 2005. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides:
1. Variation of the magnetic field configuration both in time and 
according to the relative strength of the three directional components.
2. Laser spot size to the order of 1.5 to 2.0 m.
3. Ability to rotate the time-varying applied magnetic field relative 
to the incoming light.
4. Modification of the sensor optics to maximize the signal in order to 
handle a variety of sample shapes and thickness.
5. Amenity to instruction of students.
Advice received from: The National Institute of Standards and 
Technology.
Docket Number: 05-055. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New 
Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. Instrument: Near-Field Optical Microscope 
integrated to Micro-Raman. Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging Ltd., Israel. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 77145, December 29, 2005. Reasons: 
The foreign instrument is a compatible accessory which is designed to 
be directly integrated with the applicant's existing Renishaw micro-
Raman system. This microscope comes equipped with the Raman software 
module for the Renishaw Raman and CCD camera spectroscopy control and 
the Raman low-noise vibration isolation platform. The complete system 
will meet the applicant's requirements to characterize the chemical 
bonding and elastic strains in nanostructured materials. Advice 
received from: The National Institutes of Health.
Docket Number: 05-061. Applicant: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 
MI. Instrument: Application Specific Integrated Circuit. Manufacturer: 
Ideas ASA, Norway. Intended Use: See notice at 71 FR 2024, January 12, 
2006. Reasons: The foreign instrument is a compatible accessory for a 
unique 3-dimensional position sensitive CdZnTe semiconductor gamma-ray 
spectrometer. The article provides a multi-channel, charge-sensing 
amplifier with very low noise of about 300 electrons rms, for which 
three iterations have been developed in collaboration with Ideas ASA. 
The systems can get energy and 3-D position information for not only 
single-interaction events, but for multiple-interaction events by using 
electron drift times. Excellent energy resolution for both single-
interaction events (0.8% FWHM at 662 keV) and multiple-interaction 
events (1.3% FWHM at 662 keV)has been achieved. A new scalable detector 
array system, with plug-in electronics, is required for further 
development of the spectrometer. Development of an equivalent device 
from a different source would cause a significant delay in this 
project.
Docket Number: 06-001. Applicant: Medical college of Georgia, Augusta, 
GA. Instrument: Micromanipulator System. Manufacturer: Luigs & Neuman, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 71 FR 4895, January 30, 2006. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument is an ancillary device which provides 
micromanipulator staging and control that will be used to maneuver 
electrophysiology equipment, that requires precision in its location, 
which will be centered around a multi-photon confocal microscope. No 
known domestic manufacturers produce a micromanipulator system which is 
compatible with this equipment. Advice received from: The National 
Institutes of Health.
The capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above are 
pertinent to each applicant's intended use of it and we know of no 
other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in the United States 
which is of equivalent scientific value to any of the foreign 
instruments.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E6-2986 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]
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