[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 236 (Monday, December 9, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67257-67258]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-26458]


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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 December 30, 2019. 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: 19-011. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, 
Lemont, IL 60439-4873. Instrument: Q1 magnets. Manufacturer: Danfysik 
A/S, Denmark. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the instrument 
is a component of a 4th generation synchrotron accelerator, i.e., the 
Advanced Photon Source Upgrade (APSU) accelerator, which is one of the 
most technologically complex machines in the world. APSU is a non-
profit research facility that will provide ultra-bright, high-energy x-
ray beams to more than 5000 (and growing) scientists from across the 
United States. APSU provides x-ray beams of a broad parameters that 
allows scientists to collect data in unprecedented detail and in short 
time frames. The research results users achieve through APS constantly 
make real and positive impact on our technologies, health, economy, and 
fundamental understandings of the materials that make up our world.
    Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the 
same general category manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by

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Commissioner of Customs: November 20, 2019.
    Docket Number: 19-014. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, 
Lemont, IL 60439-4873. Instrument: Q2 magnets. Manufacturer: SigmaPhi, 
France. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the instrument is a 
component of a 4th generation synchrotron accelerator, i.e., the 
Advanced Photon Source Upgrade (APSU) which will be used to study 
ultra-bright, high-energy x-ray beams to more than 5000 (and growing) 
scientists from across the United States. APSU provides x-ray beams of 
a broad parameters that allow scientists to collect data in 
unprecedented detail and in amazingly short time frames. The research 
results our users achieved through APS constantly make real and 
positive impact on our technologies, health, economy, and fundamental 
understandings of the materials that make up our world. 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 2, 2017.

    Dated: December 3, 2019.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-26458 Filed 12-6-19; 8:45 am]
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