[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 9460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03214]


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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 
December 9, 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 67257-58 (December 9, 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: 19-011. 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: See Notice at 84 FR 67257-58, December 9, 
2019. 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 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.
    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: See Notice at 84 FR 67257-58. 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 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.

    Dated: February 11, 2020.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement.
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