[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 238 (Monday, December 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89433-89434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-29614]


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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 January 3, 2017. 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: 16-017. Applicant: California Institute of 
Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125. Instrument: 
Photonic Professional GT 3D laser Lithography System. Manufacturer: 
Nanoscribe GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
develop structural meta-materials that are mechanically robust and 
multi-functional. The instrument allows the fabrication of 3-
dimensional architectures out of polymer, with dimensions on the order 
of nanometers. There is no other instrument capable of resolving 
features down to that size because to attain such resolution it is 
necessary to have the two-photon laser capability. 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: October 28, 2016.
    Docket Number: 16-018. Applicant: UChicago Argonne, 9700 S. Cass 
Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended

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Use: The instrument will be used for research including studies of the 
morphology, grain structure and defect structure in modern structural 
materials. 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: October 31, 2016.
    Docket Number: 16-019. Applicant: University of Nebraska--Lincoln, 
1700 Y St., Lincoln, NE 68588. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Elmitec, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to research the synthesis and properties of novel nanomaterials, 
using the interaction of an electron beam with the surface of materials 
to image the surface with very high (nanometer scale) resolution, 
independent of temperature (in the range from ~-100 C to well over 1000 
C) and in the presence of different gases and vapors. 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: November 4, 2016.
    Docket Number: 16-020. Applicant: Lafayette College, 730 High 
Street, Easton, PA 18042. Instrument: High Power Q-Switched Diode-
Pumped Solid State Laser. Manufacturer: EdgeWave GMBH, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study time-dependent 
finite chemical rate and mixing effects in turbulent combustion and the 
investigation of coherent structures in turbulent boundary layers. The 
instrument is approximately 10 times more powerful than any other high-
repetition diode-pumped solid state available from a U.S. manufacturer. 
Techniques to be performed include Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence 
imaging, exploiting the high-repetition rate and tenability features of 
the instrument. 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: November 4, 
2016.
    Docket Number: 16-022. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
Colorado, 1800 Grant St., Denver, CO 80203. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Brno Czech Republic. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to research the structural basis for 
macromolecular function in both healthy and diseased cells. 
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: November 4, 2016.

    Dated: December 5, 2016.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-29614 Filed 12-9-16; 8:45 am]
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