[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6366-6367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-03423]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Fermi Research Alliance, LLC., et al.; Notice of Decision on 
Application 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
    Docket Number: 18-006. Applicant: Fermi Research Alliance, LLC., 
Batavia, IL 60510. Instrument: Short Baseline Near Detector (SBND) 
Liquid Argon Time Projection Chamber (LArTPC). Manufacturer: The 
Scientific Facilities Research Council (STFC), United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 83 FR 62838, December 6, 2018. Comments: None 
received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, for

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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 a basic scientific research project that 
will study neurtrinos, a type of elementary particle. There are three 
known types of neutrinos in the universe, although there could be more 
that have not yet been observed. The phenomena to be studied are the 
number of neutrino types and interaction cross-sections for the 
currently known neutrino types. Two detectors are required to perform 
the neutrino oscillation studies: The Short Baseline Near Detector 
(SBND) is one of these detectors. The primary objective of the SBN 
program is to look for evidence of neutrino oscillations, over 
distances of 1 kilometer or less, and if found to measure the 
oscillation parameters. The SBND TPC is a complex and unique 
instrument. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments 
of the same general category manufactured in the United States.
    Docket Number: 18-008. Applicant: Lawrence Berkeley National 
Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: In Vacuum Insertion Device 
(aka Undulator). Manufacturer: Hitachi Metals America, LLC, Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 83 FR 62838, December 6, 2018. 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 installed in Sector 2.0 of the Advanced Light Source 
(ALS) facility at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, for use as a high 
brightness beamline source for the sector. Sector 2.0 of the ALS is 
dedicated to the study and analysis of protein crystallography. The 
objectives pursued are to determine the atomic-resolution, three-
dimensional structures of proteins and nucleic acids-the building 
blocks of life-as well as complexes of these molecules, the 
interactions of which give rise to biological processes. Justification 
for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general 
category manufactured in the United States.

    Dated: February 22, 2019.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-03423 Filed 2-26-19; 8:45 am]
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