[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 20 (Monday, January 31, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5330-5331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2106]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Chicago, 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. 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.
    Docket Number: 10-067. Applicant: University of Chicago, Argonne 
LLC, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: Pilatus 100K Pixel Detector System. 
Manufacturer: Dectris Ltd., Switzerland. Intended Use: See notice at 75 
FR 82372, December 30, 2010. 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. Reasons: The instrument is the first and only 
commercially available pixel array detector for x-ray applications. The 
instrument's unique capabilities are a high detection efficiency (no 
readout noise and direct detection scheme), high dynamic range (20-
bits), and fast readout speeds.

    Docket Number: 10-068. Applicant: University of Chicago, Argonne 
LLC,

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Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: Pilatus 300K Pixel Detector System. 
Manufacturer: Dectris Ltd., Switzerland. Intended Use: See Notice at 75 
FR 82372, December 30, 2010. 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. Reasons: The instrument's unique capabilities 
are a high detection efficiency (no readout noise and direct detection 
scheme), high dynamic range (20-bits), and fast readout speeds, which 
are not available in any domestically produced equipment.

    Docket Number: 10-069. Applicant: University of Minnesota School of 
Dentistry, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Dental Imaging System: 
Cross-Polarization Swept Source Optical Coherence Tomography with a 
MEMS Handpiece. Manufacturer: Santec Corporation, Japan. Intended Use: 
See Notice at 75 FR 82372, December 30, 2010. 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. Reasons: Three crucial aspects of the 
instrument are size (the hand piece is 16 x 15 x 80 mm), speed (can 
operate at 30 kHz swept source speed), and image contrast (able to 
suppress the parallel polarization by 30 dB), which are not available 
in any domestically produced instrument.

    Dated: January 24, 2011.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-2106 Filed 1-28-11; 8:45 am]
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