[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 121 (Tuesday, June 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 37629]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13495]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Regents of the 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). On 
March 25, 2020, 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, 85 FR 16925-26, March 25, 2020 
(Notice). We received no public comments.
    Docket Number: 20-002. Applicant: Reagents of the University of 
Minnesota, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, 2021 6th Street SE, 
Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Three-photon far infra-red laser, 
Germany. Manufacturer: Class 5 Photonics, Germany. Intended Use: See 
Notice at 85 FR 16925-26, March 25, 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 were being manufactured in the United 
States at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to 
study the fine structure which means on the scale of sub-microns (less 
than 1/1000th of 1 mm resolution) and function of cells and blood 
vessels in the living brains of mice. Examination of the fine structure 
is critical to understanding cellular communication and blood flow 
regulation in the brain. Laboratory mice are anesthetized, the skull is 
exposed, and 1,300 nm laser light is passed into the brain so that 
cells and blood vessels can be visualized with a microscope via three-
photon fluorescence microscopy. Mice are now the most common research 
subjects used in biological and neuroscience research.

    Dated: June 17, 2020.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director for Policy Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-13495 Filed 6-22-20; 8:45 am]
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