[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 84 (Monday, May 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 20459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10175]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


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 May 26, 2009. Address written comments 
to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications may be examined between 
8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Room 
3720.
Docket Number: 09-013. Applicant: Princeton University, Olden Street, 
Princeton, NJ 08544. Instrument: Electron Beam Evaporator. 
Manufacturer: Plassys, France. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used in the study of superconducting quantum circuits, ultimately 
directed towards superconducting quantum computation. The evaporator 
will be used to make low-defect aluminum Josephson junctions, a 
necessary component of all quantum bits. A unique feature of this 
instrument is that it offers full stage rotation, in-situ angle control 
for bilayer Josephson junction fabrication and controlled oxidation. 
Stage rotation is necessary to fabricated Josephson junctions in a 
single deposition process, the only way of fabricating devises with 
long coherence. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instruments of 
the same general category as the foreign instrument begin manufactured 
in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
April 6, 2009.

    Dated: April 27, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. E9-10175 Filed 5-1-09; 8:45 am]
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