[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 165 (Thursday, August 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 53117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21757]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 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: 11-039. Applicant: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 
Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Blacksburg, VA 24061. 
Instrument: Nano test platform. Manufacturer: Micro Materials Ltd., 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 76 FR 43263, July 20, 2011. 
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: 
This instrument is unique in that it can support the technical 
requirements for high temperature nanoindentations, nanoimpact, 
nanofatigue and wet stage nanoindentation.
    Docket Number: 11-040. Applicant: University of Colorado at 
Boulder, Procurement Service Center, Denver, CO 80202. Instrument: Low-
temperature atomic force microscope. Manufacturer: Attocube Systems AG, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 76 FR 43263, July 20, 2011. 
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: 
This instrument must be compatible with high magnetic fields, which 
requires a special selection of non-magnetic materials the instrument 
has to be built from. The low-temperature capability requires special 
piezoelectric scanners and sample mounting and cooling techniques, 
unique to this instrument.

    Dated: August 22, 2011.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
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