[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 48 (Monday, March 12, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14504-14505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5917]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Davis, 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: 11-072. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
NEAT ORU, One Shields Avenue Davis, CA 95616. Instrument: Alexsys 1000 
Calorimeter. Manufacturer: Setaram Instrumentation, France. Intended 
Use: See notice at 77 FR 5768, February 6, 2012. Comments: None 
received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, for such 
purposes as

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this is intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United 
States at the time of order. Reasons: This instrument is unique in that 
it combines the sensitivity, long life, and reproducibility of 
thermopile sensors with a large internal working volume capable of 
containing the molten oxide solvents used for calorimetry and operating 
in the range 700-1000 degrees Celsius where such solvents are molten. 
Conventional differential scanning calorimeters, made by other 
companies, are completely different in design and do not feature the 
large sample volume surrounded by a sensitive detector that is 
essential for solution calorimetry.
    Docket Number: 12-001. Applicant: The Regents of the University of 
California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road M/S 
71R0259, Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: Berkeley Lab Laser Accelerator 
``BELLA'' 1.3 petawatt laser system. Manufacturer: Thales Optronique 
S.A., France. Intended Use: See notice at 77 FR 5768, February 6, 2012. 
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 order. Reasons: 
Requirements of this system include that it is characterized by a short 
pulse, high intensity, Ti:sapphire laser able to demonstrate a 10 GeV 
laser-plasma accelerator module with a pulse energy of 40 Joules on 
target and a pulse duration of <40 femtoseconds at optimum compression 
with a repetition rate of 1HZ  5%.

     Dated: March 5, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-5917 Filed 3-9-12; 8:45 am]
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