[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41800-41801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-17535]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Minnesota, et al.; Notice of Consolidated 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. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    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 were being manufactured 
in the United States at the time of its order.
    Docket Number: 10-025.
    Applicant: University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical 
Engineering and Materials Science), Minneapolis, MN 55455.
    Instrument: High Pressure Oxygen Sputtering System.
    Manufacturer: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany.
    Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010.
    Reasons: A pertinent characteristic of this instrument is that the 
special design of the sputter sources and vacuum chamber/pumping system 
allows it to operate properly at pressures in excess of 1 Torr. It also 
is designed to work in pure oxygen and is capable us substrate heating 
to over 900 C in a high pressure such an environment. 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: 10-027.
    Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439.
    Instrument: MultiView 400 SPM/NSOM/Confocal Multi Probe System 
Probe and Sample Scanning Scan Head Assembly.
    Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging Ltd., Israel.
    Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010.
    Reasons: A unique characteristic of this system is that it has dual 
scanning probe heads that are independently controlled, which enable 
illumination and detection with sub-wavelength spatial resolution. 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: 10-028.
    Applicant: Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
    Instrument: Infrared Mirror Furnace 4 Mirror Furnace.
    Manufacturer: Crystal Systems Corp., Japan.
    Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010.
    Reasons: A unique characteristic of this furnace is that it can 
synthesize extremely high quality crystals without crucible contact 
during growth, which prevents contamination. The instrument also allows 
for visual monitoring of the crystals during its growth and nucleation 
and can achieve heating gradients greater than 1500 Celsius per 
centimeter. 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.


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    Dated: July 13, 2010.
Christopher Cassel,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-17535 Filed 7-16-10; 8:45 am]
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