[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55289-55290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22533]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Chicago Argonne 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). On 
August 19, 2019, the Department of Commerce published a notice in the 
Federal Register requesting public comment on whether instruments of 
equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instruments 
identified in the docket(s) below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States. See Application(s) for Duty-Free 
Entry of Scientific Instruments, 84 FR 42889 (August 19, 2019) 
(Notice).
    We received no public comments. 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: 19-002. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC., Lemont, IL 60439-4873. Instrument: S1-S3 magnets. Manufacturer: 
Danfysik, Denmark. Intended Use: See Notice at 84 FR 42889. 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 were being 
manufactured in the United States at the time of order. Reasons: The 
instrument(s) are the components of a 4th generation synchrotron 
accelerator, i.e., the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade (APSU) 
accelerator. According to the applicant, APSU is a non-profit research 
facility which provides ultra-bright, high-energy x-ray beams to more 
than 5000 (and growing) scientists from across the United States. These 
scientists come from universities, medical schools, and other research 
institutions. Their research covers nearly every scientific discipline, 
from materials science to biology, chemistry, environmental, geological 
and planetary science and fundamental physics. APSU provides x-ray 
beams of a broad parameters that allow scientists to collect data in 
unprecedented detail and short time frames. According to the applicant, 
the research results achieved through APSU will make real and positive 
impact on our technologies, health, economy and fundamental 
understanding of the materials that make up the world.
    Docket Number: 19-003. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Lemont, IL 60439-4873. Instrument: Canted Undulator Front-End 
Fixed Masks and Photon Shutters. Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific 
CINEL S.R.L., Italy. Intended Use: See Notice at 84 FR 42889. 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 were being 
manufactured in the United States at the time of order. Reasons: 
According to the applicant, the instrument will be used to assemble the 
new canted undulator front ends for the Advanced Photon Source upgrade. 
The front end consists of a series of components that connect the 
storage ring to the user beamline in order to deliver a photon beam 
that will be used as a three-dimensional X-ray microscope for 
experimental purposes.
    The properties of the materials studied include but are not limited 
to grain structure, grain boundary and interstitial defects and 
morphology. These properties are not only studied at ambient 
environments but also under high pressure, temperature, stress and 
strain. The objective is to further the

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understanding of different materials and material properties.
    Docket Number: 19-004. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC., Lemont, IL 60439-4873. Instrument: Unipolar polar supplies. 
Manufacturer: Danfysik, Denmark. Intended Use: See Notice at 84 FR 
42889-90. 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 
were being manufactured in the United States at the time of order. 
Reasons: According to the applicant, the instrument is part of a 
complex machine to be used for basic research that provides a very 
stable and filtered direct current (DC) to power electromagnet to bend, 
focus and correct electrons particle (e-) in a multi bend achromat 
(MBA) storage ring (SR). The nominal current varies from 100 A to 300A 
and the required stability and ripple is better than 10 parts per 
million (<10ppm). The equipment should comply with APS safety standards 
and mechanical dimensions to be installed in existing racks. According 
to the applicant, APS-U is approaching a new era in science and 
engineering, one that promises a revolutionary understanding of complex 
materials and chemical processes across the entire hierarchy of 
lengthscales and timescales. The improvements in photon beam 
properties, combined with rapid, ongoing advances in x-ray optics, 
insertion devices, detectors, computing and theory will make it 
possible for researchers at x-ray light sources to explore a new 
landscape of scientific problems that previously were inaccessible.
    Docket Number: 19-006. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Lemont, IL 60439-4873. Instrument: Q4 and Q5 magnets. 
Manufacturer: Danfysik, Denmark. Intended Use: See Notice at 84 FR 
42889-90. 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 
were being manufactured in the United States at the time of order. 
Reasons: The instrument(s) are the components of a 4th generation 
synchrotron accelerator, i.e., the Advanced Photon Source Upgrade 
(APSU) accelerator. According to the applicant, APSU is a non-profit 
research facility which provides ultra-bright, high-energy x-ray beams 
to more than 5000 (and growing) scientists from across the United 
States. These scientists come from universities, medical schools, and 
other research institutions. Their research covers nearly every 
scientific discipline, from materials science to biology, chemistry, 
environmental, geological and planetary science and fundamental 
physics. APSU provides x-ray beams of a broad parameters that allow 
scientists to collect data in unprecedented detail and short time 
frames. According to the applicant, the research results achieved 
through APSU will make real and positive impact on our technologies, 
health, economy and fundamental understanding of the materials that 
make up the world.
    Docket Number: 19-007. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Lemont, IL 60439-4873. Instrument: Fixed Masks, Photon Shutters, 
Grid Masks. Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.I., Italy. 
Intended Use: See Notice at 84 FR 42889-90. 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 were being manufactured in the United 
States at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument and components 
will be used to assemble the new high heat load front ends for the 
Advanced Photon Source Upgrade. The front end consists of a series of 
components that connect the storage ring to the user beamline to 
deliver a photon beam that will be used as a three-dimensional X-ray 
microscope for experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena studied 
vary from material properties analysis, protein mapping for 
pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition, but 
are not limited to grain structure, grain boundary and interstitial 
defects and morphology under high pressure, temperature, stress and 
strain.
    Docket Number: 19-009. Applicant: Fermi Research Alliance (FRA) 
Batavia, IL 60510. Instrument: Linac Coherent Light Source II (LCLS-11) 
cryomodules vacuum vessels. Manufacturer: Wuxi Creative Technologies 
Company, Ltd., WXCX, China. Intended Use: See Notice at 84 FR 42890. 
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 were 
being manufactured in the United States at the time of order. Reasons: 
The instrument will be used to study scientific research including the 
studies of elementary particles. Each vessel is assembled with other 
components to form a CW cryomodule. The Vessel is a cylindrical vacuum 
shell that the cold mass upper assembly (``Assembly'') is inserted 
into. The Vessel provides the insulating vacuum and other necessary 
conditions to cool down and operate the cryomodules in the LCLS-II 
upgrade.

    Dated: October 9, 2019.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
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