[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 68 (Monday, April 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 18081]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5193]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Consortium for Astro-Particle Research in Utah 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: 05-057. Applicant: Consortium for Astro-particle 
Research in Utah/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Instrument: 
Fluorescent Telescope Array; with GroundScintillator, Laser Atmosphere 
Monitor and LAN Network. Manufacturer: Various; Japan, UK. Intended 
use: See Notice at71 FR 4895, January 30, 2006. Reasons: These 
instrument systems when deployed in Utah are capable of conducting a 
joint US-Japan led scientific project to measure the energy, pointing 
direction and chemical composition of ultra high energy cosmic rays 
using both the fluorescence technique, which uses large telescopes to 
observe fluorescent tracks from cosmic ray showers in the atmosphere 
and the secondary shower charged particle technique, which uses ground-
based light sensing photo-tubes and counters to measure the number and 
timing of particle arrivals. Results obtained by these techniques can 
be cross correlated, compared and evaluated for developing more precise 
measurements and to provide information about likely celestial sources 
of the cosmic rays observed.
    Docket Number: 05-059. Applicant: College of Staten Island, Staten 
Island, NY. Instrument: Plasma System. Manufacturer: Diener Electronic 
GmBh & Co., KG, Germany. Intended Use: See Notice at 71 FR 10649, March 
2, 2006. Reasons: The foreign article is a compatible, (sole source) 
accessory for existing instrumentation for materials research. It 
consists of a plasma type microwave generator with a glass chamber for 
conducting semiconductor processing procedures. It can be used to 
develop and study:
1. Nanotechnolgy with focused ion beams, including electronic 
properties of carbon nanowires direct written with nano-scaled ion 
beams on carbonaceous substrates
2. Micro- and nano-scale light emitting diodes on diamond, with the aim 
to develop single molecule and single photon electrically driven light 
sources operating at room temperature
3. High-pressure, high-temperature diamond anvil cells with internally 
heated anvils for hydrothermal and shear stress experiments.
The instrument will also be used in courses on materials science.
These instruments are pertinent to each applicant's needs and we know 
of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in the United 
States which is of equivalent scientific value to either of the foreign 
instruments.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E6-5193 Filed 4-7-06; 8:45 am]
Billing Code: 3510-DS-S