[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 228 (Wednesday, November 26, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 70501]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28056]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Utah State University, 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: 14-021. Applicant: Utah State University, Logan, 
Utah 84322-2400. Instrument: Respirometer for measuring the oxygen 
consumption of aquatic animals.
    Manufacturer: Loligo Systems, Denmark. Intended Use: See notice at 
79 FR 60137, October 6, 2014. 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 better 
understand how the ability of aquatic organisms to obtain oxygen under 
different environmental conditions affects their growth, survivorship, 
distribution, and abundance. The phenomenon being studied is the rate 
of oxygen consumption by aquatic invertebrates, using the instrument 
under different temperatures and pollution concentrations. Continuous 
measurement of metabolic (oxygen consumption) response to stress by 
small aquatic organisms (<10mm in length) requires a flow-through 
system with oxygen probes and equipment that can both be programmed to 
precisely increase the temperature of a water bath and automatically 
detect ug level changes in oxygen concentrations, without which the 
research could not be conducted.
    Docket Number: 14-023. Applicant: Louisiana State University, Baton 
Rouge, LA 70803. Instrument: Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM)--scanning 
tunneling microscopy.
    Manufacturer: SPECS Surface Nano Analysis, Germany. Intended Use: 
See notice at 79 FR 60137, October 6, 2014. 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 
elucidate catalytic properties of metal and metal-oxide systems, 
uncovering new schemes by which organic molecules become 
environmentally hazardous upon chemisorption. Scanning tunneling 
microscopy (STM) will be used to probe the nanoscale atomic structure, 
growth, and atomic/molecular dynamics of a variety of systems, 
including metal nanoclusters on oxides and grasphene, metal oxide 
surfaces and metal surfaces. All experiments will be conducted in 
ultra-high vacuum conditions, including in addition the STM, other 
surface sciences probes such as electron-energy loss spectroscopy, x-
ray and UV photoemission spectroscopy. The electronics and STM head 
must provide 60 frames per second scan rate with pixel density of 
128x128, the STM head must be mounted on an 8 inch flange with a 
vertical face, the instrument must have the ability to sputter clean 
the tip without removing it from the STM scan head, the tunneling bias 
voltage must be applied to the sample, and the preamp must collect 
current from the tip.

    Dated: November 17, 2014.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-28056 Filed 11-25-14; 8:45 am]
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