[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 202 (Monday, October 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66305-66306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22997]


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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 November 9, 2020. Address 
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. In addition, please email 
an electronic copy of any such written comments to 
[email protected]. Arrangements to review these applications can 
be made by contacting [email protected].

    Docket Number: 20-003. Applicant: Rice University, Department of 
Microengineering, 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77030. Instrument: 
Ultrasonic Linear Piezo Stage and Controller. Manufacturer: Xeryon, 
Belgium. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the instrument will 
be used to study automatic and large-scale surgical implantation of 
nanoelectrode threads into rodent and primate brains. Specifically, a 
platform is developed that can insert 8 ultraflexible nanoelectrode 
threads (uNETs) into the brain simultaneously and independently, while 
each insertion site is flexibly defined by the surgeons' and 
researchers' need and can be precisely researched by micromanipulators. 
Successful development of this technology will significantly reduce the 
time, errors and tissue trauma during brain surgery, meanwhile, it will 
open opportunities such as slow-speed insertion, flexibly targeting 
multiple regions and large-scale neural recordings. Justification for 
Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant, there are no instruments 
of the same general category manufactured in the United States. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 31, 2020.

    Docket Number: 20-004. Applicant: Texas A&M University, AgriLife 
Research, 2147 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843-2147. Instrument: 3D 
Microfabrication System Photonic Professional GT. Manufacturer: 
Nanoscribe, Germany. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the 
instrument will be used to conduct research in the broad areas of 
material research, thin-film metal semiconductors, bio microfluidics, 
medical devices and optical/photonic devices, to name a few. These 
physical platforms will manifest in the forms of devices (ranging from 
1-200 cm\2\) that will then be taken to individual laboratories for 
further experimentation in the aforementioned fields under the guidance 
and scope of the Texas A&M University research communities. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry:

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According to the applicant, there are no instruments of the same 
general category manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 20, 2020.

    Docket Number: 20-005. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Operator of National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 
60439-4873. Instrument: Libera Brilliance+ \4/4\ with GDX module BPM 
electronics. Manufacturer: Instrumentation Technologies D.D, Solvenia. 
Intended Use: According to the applicant, the instrument will be used 
to study precision measurement for the particle beam position in the 
Advanced Photon Source Upgrade storage ring. The measurement 
information is used to steer the particle beam and photon beam that 
will be used as a three-dimensional X-ray microscope for experimental 
purposes. The materials/phenomena include material properties analysis, 
protein mapping for pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and 
chemical composition determination and many others, but are not limited 
to grain structure, grain boundary and interstitial defects and 
morphology. These properties are not only studied at ambient 
environments, but also under high pressure, temperature, stress and 
strain. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant, 
there are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in 
the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
July 30, 2020.

    Docket Number: 20-006. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Operator of National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 
60439-4873. Instrument: Canted Undulator GRID Masks. Manufacturer: 
Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy.
    Intended Use: According to the applicant, the instrument will be 
used to study and assemble the new canted undulator front ends for the 
Advanced Photon Source upgrade. The front end consists of a series of 
components that connect the storage ring to the user beamline in order 
to deliver a photon beam that will be used as a three-dimensional X-ray 
microscope for experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena vary 
widely from material properties analysis, protein mapping for 
pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition 
determination to name a few. The properties of the materials are not 
limited to grain structure, grain boundary and interstitial defects and 
morphology. These properties are studied at ambient environments but 
also under high pressure, temperature, stress and strain. Justification 
for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant, there are no 
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United 
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 29, 2020.

    Docket Number: 20-007. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Operator of National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 
60439-4873. Instrument: Canted Undulator Premasks and Exit Masks. 
Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy. Intended Use: 
According to the applicant, the instrument will be used to study and 
assemble the new canted undulator front ends for the Advanced Photon 
Source upgrade. The front end consists of a series of components that 
connect the storage ring to the user beamline in order to deliver a 
photon beam that will be used as a three-dimensional X-ray microscope 
for experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena vary widely from 
material properties analysis, protein mapping for pharmaceutical 
companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition determination to name 
a few. The properties of the materials are not limited to grain 
structure, grain boundary and interstitial defects and morphology. 
These properties are studied at ambient environments but also under 
high pressure, temperature, stress and strain. Justification for Duty-
Free Entry: According to the applicant, there are no instruments of the 
same general category manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 29, 2020.

    Dated: October 7, 2020.
Richard Herring,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
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