[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 15 (Thursday, January 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 3892]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01081]


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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 February 12, 2020. 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: 19-012. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 116 
Union Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Photomultiplier 
tube. Manufacturer: Hainan Zhanchuange Photonics Technology, China. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the properties of 
neutrino oscillation. Neutrinos are very hard to detect and require 
several thousand tonnes of target material to have any chance of seeing 
the neutrino interactions. The CHIPS detector is a pilot project which 
aims to reduce the cost of neutrino experimentation by around a factor 
of fifty. This is done by reducing the structural engineering and 
installing the detector in a lake, where students can exploit the 
buoyancy of the used materials. Photomultipliers are highly sensitive 
light detectors able to detect light at the single photon level; these 
will be installed in a large 25 meter diameter cylindrical detector 
filled with water. This experiment is built employing several physics 
graduate students and provides work experience for many physics and 
engineering undergraduates. 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: June 
28, 2019.
    Docket Number: 19-013. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 116 
Union Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Photomultiplier 
tube. Manufacturer: Hainan Zhanchuange Photonics Technology, China. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the properties of 
neutrino oscillation. Neutrinos are very hard to detect and require 
several thousand tonnes of target material to have any chance of seeing 
the neutrino interactions. The CHIPS detector is a pilot project for 
which aims to reduce the cost of neutrino experimentation by around a 
factor of fifty. This is done by reducing the structural engineering 
and installing the detector in a lake, where students can exploit the 
buoyancy of the used materials. Photomultipliers are highly sensitive 
light detectors able to detect light at the single photon level; these 
will be installed in a large 25 meter diameter cylindrical detector 
filled with water. This experiment is built employing several physics 
graduate students and provides work experience for many physics and 
engineering undergraduates. 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: June 
28, 2019.

    Dated: January 15, 2020.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-01081 Filed 1-22-20; 8:45 am]
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