[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 107 (Monday, June 4, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 32942]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13482]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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), we invite comments 
on the question of whether instruments of equivalent scientific value, 
for the purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to 
be used, are being manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be postmarked on or before (Insert date 20 days after 
publication in the Federal Register). Address written comments to 
Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Applications may be examined between 
8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Room 
3720.
    Docket Number: 12-024. Applicant: Department of Mechanical 
Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3123 TAMU, College Station, TX 
77843-3123. Instrument: Arc melting system. Manufacturer: Edmund 
Beuhler GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
fabricate bulk nanostructured metals and metallic glasses, in 
particular Mg based alloys, CuNb, NiAl, Nb based alloys and metal 
matrix composites with oxide nanoparticles. It will be used to 
investigate the influence of suction casting on the formation of 
nanostructures in casted alloys, and to study the behavior of these 
casted alloys, in order to design radiation tolerant and impact 
resistant high strength alloys with unique microstructures. Pertinent 
features of this instrument include the capability of suction casting 
and ceramic powder feed-through for the addition of oxide nanoparticles 
during the melting of metals. Suction casting is required to achieve 
nanocrystalline grains, and ceramic powder feed-through will be used to 
mix ceramic powders with melted metals to achieve metal based 
nanocomposites. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no 
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United 
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 25, 
2012.

    Dated: May 29, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-13482 Filed 6-1-12; 8:45 am]
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