[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14217-14218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05532]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, 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 5:00 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 each is intended to be used, that 
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of its order.
    Docket Number: 13-034. Applicant: University of Minnesota-Twin 
Cities, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Diode-Pumped Solid-State 
Femtosecond Laser. Manufacturer: Light Conversion, Luthuania. Intended 
Use: See notice at 78 FR 64916, October 30, 2013. 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: The instrument will be 
used to study non-equilibrium materials processes ranging spatially 
from the atomic-scale up to micrometers and temporally from 
femtoseconds to seconds, including thermal transport, energy conversion 
(e.g., light to heat), crystallization, melting, phase transformations, 
fracture, and other dynamic events. The unique characteristics of the 
instrument required for the research objectives include a variable 
repetition rate from single-shot to 1 MHz controlled with TTL input for 
external triggering or via computer interface, 0.2 mJ/pulse (<30 kHz), 
6 Watts at 1 MHz, collinear output from a harmonics module of 
fundamental (1030 nm), second harmonic (515 nm), and third harmonic 
(343 nm) with additional optics for operation at low and high 
repetition rates.
    Docket Number: 13-036. Applicant: UChicago Argonne, Lemont, IL 
60439. Instrument: High pressure crystal growth furnace with Siemens 
programmable logic controller. Manufacturer: SCIDRE-Scientific 
Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 64916, October 
30, 2013. 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: The instrument will be used to create transition metal oxides, 
including oxides of iron, manganese, copper, cobalt, vanadium, iridium, 
ruthenium, rhenium, titanium, nickel, and zinc. It will also be used to 
grow crystals of intermetallic phases, which are non-oxides of these 
same transition metals, alloyed with lanthanide metals and/or main 
group metals (e.g., Al, Si, Bi). These materials will be created to 
understand a variety of physical phenomena including superconductivity, 
metal-insulator transitions, and magnetism. With the crystals grown on 
the instrument, a variety of tests will be performed including magnetic 
measurements, structural determination by x-ray or neutron scattering, 
and electrical transport. The unique characteristics of this instrument 
required for the research objectives include operation at pressures of 
oxygen or inert gases up to 150 atm, measurement of image zone using 
pyrometric probes, and cleansing of inert gas stream to better than 10 
-12 ppm oxygen with monitoring during process.
    Docket Number: 13-037. Applicant: Georgia Health Sciences 
University, Augusta, GA 30912. Instrument: Imaging System/Digital 
Microscope and Accessories. Manufacturer: Till Photonics, Germany. 
Intended Use: See notice at 78 FR 64916l, October 30, 2013. 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: The 
instrument will be used for fluorescence imaging of cellular organelles 
and calcium flux, photo-activation and photo-bleaching fluorescent 
proteins to study cellular organelles (mitochondria) and intracellular 
ion flux. The unique characteristics of the instrument include

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fast wavelength change, a dichromotome system, and two different light 
sources that are incorporated and readily switchable, incorporated into 
a single unit of a wide field fluorescence microscope.

    Dated: March 7, 2014.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-05532 Filed 3-12-14; 8:45 am]
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