[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 64663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-29246]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Fermi Research Alliance LLC, et al., Notice of Decision on 
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by Pub. .106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
3705, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave, NW, 
Washington, D.C.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments 
of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described 
below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time of its order.
Docket Number: 09-059. Applicant: Fermi Research Alliance LLC-Fermi 
National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, IL 60510. Instrument: 
Wavelength Shifting Fiber. Manufacturer: Kuraray Co., Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 58002, November 10, 2009.
Reasons: The wavelength shifting fibers must be .7mm in diameter and 32 
meters in length. Further, the light generated in the fiber must not 
suffer unacceptable attenuation in traveling down 16-20 m of the WLS 
fiber. As such, a pertinent characteristic of this instrument is that 
it have an attenuation length of >20m. We know of no instrument suited 
to these purposes, which was being manufactured in the United States at 
the time of order of this instrument.
Docket Number: 09-063. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, 
IL 60439. Instrument: CEOS Spherical Aberration Corrector. 
Manufacturer: CEOS Corrected Electron Optical Systems, GmbH, Germany. 
Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 58002, November 10, 2009. Reasons: A 
pertinent characteristic of this instrument is that it must be capable 
of compensating completing the spherical aberration of the low field 
objective lens on the 2100F TEM to which it will be attached. The 
spherical aberration coefficient of this lens is 200 mm. In addition, 
the CEOS aberration corrector can compensate this value of spherical 
aberration while only increasing the chromatic aberration by 
approximately 20%. We know of no instrument suited to these purposes, 
which was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order 
of this instrument.

    Dated: December 2, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-29246 Filed 12-7-09; 8:45 am]
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