[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 119 (Thursday, June 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33223-33224]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13225]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, et al.; 
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 July 14, 2021. Address 
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Please also email a copy 
of those comments to [email protected].
    Docket Number: 19-018. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of 
New Jersey, Physics and Astronomy Department, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, 
Piscataway, NJ 08854. Instrument: Tube Furnace, Box furnace, Sic 
Heater, MoSi2 Heater. Manufacturer: He Nan Nobody Materials Science and 
Technology, China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the 
instrument will be used to study various physical properties in 
strongly correlated materials such as high-temperature superconductors, 
topological insulators or multiferroics. New materials will be 
conducted that have unique electric and magnetic properties using 
various crystal growth techniques such as flux, solid reaction, or 
chemical vapor transport. To identify grown materials x-ray diffraction 
and Laue diffraction will be employed. High-quality crystals will be 
further investigated with a physical property measurement system and a 
magnetic property measurement system to obtain their electric and 
magnetic properties in varying conditions of temperature, electric and 
magnetic fields. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the 
applicant, there are no instruments of the same general

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category manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: July 9, 2019.
    Docket Number: 20-001. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of 
New Jersey, Physics and Astronomy Department, 136 Frelinghuysen Road, 
Piscataway, NJ 00854. Instrument: CZekalski furnace (Crystal grower). 
Manufacturer: Sipat Co., Ltd., China. Intended Use: According to the 
applicant, the instrument will be used to study the physical properties 
of oxide and/or metallic materials and various physical phenomena based 
on strongly correlated materials such as high temperature 
superconductors, topological insulators or multiferroics. Electronic 
and/or magnetic properties of new oxide and/or metallic materials will 
be investigated. The growth of new materials will be conducted which 
have unique electric and magnetic properties using purchased crystal 
grower. To identify grown materials x-ray diffraction and Laue 
diffraction will be employed. The magnetic property measurement system 
obtains its electric and magnetic properties in varying conditions of 
temperature, electric and magnetic fields. 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: December 23, 2019.
    Docket Number: 20-013. Applicant: Fermi Research Alliance, FRA. 
Instrument: Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS-II) Upper Cold Mass 
Assemblies and Vacuum Vessels. Manufacturer: Wuxi Creative Technologies 
Company LTD WXCX, China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the 
instrument will be used to study the cryomodules that will be used for 
scientific research, including the studies of elementary particles. 
Each assembly is an essential component necessary to build a 
cryomodule. LCLS-II upgrade includes three types of components (1) 
vacuum vessels for the 1.2 GHz cryomodules; (2) cold-mass assemblies 
for the 1.3 GHz; and (3) cold-mass assemblies for the cryomodules. 
These components will also be included in the complete assembly of the 
LCLS-II cryogenic cooling system, which insulates, provides and 
refreshes liquified helium gas. LCLS-II is a planned upgrade project 
for the free-electron laser facility located at SLAC. LCLS-II will 
consist of thirty-five (35) 1.3 GHz and two (2) 3.9 GHz superconducting 
radio frequency (RF) continuous wave (CW) cryomodules that Fermilab and 
Jefferson Lab are producing in collaboration with SLAC. The LCLS-II 
will enable new experiments and research in six broad areas: (1) 
Fundamental dynamics of energy and charge in atoms and molecules; (2) 
catalysis, photo-catalysis, environmental, and coordination chemistry; 
(3) quantum materials; (4) non-scale heterogeneity, fluctuations, and 
dynamics of functional materials; (5) matter in extreme environments; 
and (6) biological function on natural length and time scales. 
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: August 
21, 2020.

    Dated: June 17, 2021.
Richard Herring,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-13225 Filed 6-23-21; 8:45 am]
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