[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 11049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03814]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Minnesota, 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: 19-012. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 116 
Union Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Photomultiplier 
tube. Manufacturer: Hainan Zhanchuange Photonics Technology, China. 
Intended Use: See notice at 85 FR 3892, January 23, 2020. 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 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.
    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: See notice at 85 FR 3892, January 23, 2020. 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 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.

    Dated: February 20, 2020.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-03814 Filed 2-25-20; 8:45 am]
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