[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50289-50290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17583]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology 
(FIRST), 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 September 6, 2022. 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: 22-001. Applicant: For Inspiration and Recognition 
of Science and Technology (FIRST), 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH 
03101. Instrument: Dual Band 1.17 Gbps Access Point. Manufacturer: Open 
Mesh Inc., China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the FIRST 
Robotics Competition (FRC) (EIN 22-2990908) requires wireless radio 
communication between student teams' driver controls and their home-
built robots. It is crucial that FRC be able to manage the wireless 
traffic (for safety and team experience reasons). FRC mandates a 
specific radio (Datto's OM5P-AN, obsolete, or OM5P-AC models, both are 
dual band 1.17 Gbps access points) with custom firmware which optimizes 
the radio for the competition use case. This transaction is to secure 
the radios needed for educational robotic kits for the 2020 season 
(4,400 air-freighted to meet 2020 season deadlines) and the 2021 season 
(4,336 shipped via ocean). The applicant certifies that there will not 
be any use of the foreign instrument by or for the primary benefit of 
any commercial (for-profit) entity with 5 years after entry of the 
foreign instrument into the United States customs territory. 
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: 
November 25, 2020.

    Docket Number: 22-002. Applicant: University of California, 
Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521. Instrument: 
Customs Pulsed Laser Deposit & Molecular-Beam Epitaxy (PLD/MBE) 
deposition system. Manufacturer: BEIJING PERFECT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., 
Beijing, China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the 
instrument is intended to be used for research purposes for 
experimental condenses matter physics, spin transport, quantum 
transport, and spin-dependent physics, graphene, 2D layers, 
heterostructures, and nanoscale devices, magnetic insulators, 
heterostructures and interfaces, energy related materials science 
research. 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 17, 2021.

    Docket Number: 22-003. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne 
LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, 
Lemont, IL (U.S.A.), 60439-4873. Instrument: High Heat Load Exit Mask 
Assemblies. Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy. 
Intended Use: According to the applicant, these components will be used 
to assemble the new high heat load front ends for

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the Advanced Photon Source upgrade. The front end consists of a series 
of components that connect the storage ring to the user beamline to 
deliver a photon beam that will be used as a three-dimensional X-ray 
microscope for experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena that are 
studied vary widely from material properties analysis, protein mapping 
for pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition 
determination. These components will be used exclusively for scientific 
research for a minimum of 5 years at Argonne National Laboratory. The 
properties of the materials studied include 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: 
April 6, 2022.

    Docket Number: 22-004. Applicant: UChicago Argonne LLC, Operatory 
of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 
(U.S.A.) 60439-4873. Instrument: High Energy Monochromators. 
Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy. Intended Use: 
According to the applicant, these instruments will be used on new 
beamlines for the Advanced Photon Source upgrade. The monochromators 
are bandpass optical filters, that allow only a narrow band of 
wavelengths of X-rays to pass. This is critical for the needs of the 
beamline's experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena that are 
studied vary widely from material properties analysis, protein mapping 
for pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition 
determination. These components will be used exclusively for scientific 
research for a minimum of 5 years at Argonne National Laboratory. The 
properties of the materials studied include 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: 
April 6, 2022.

    Docket Number: 22-005. Applicant: Cornell University, School of 
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hollister Hall (2046), Room #220, 
527 College Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853-3501, USA. Instrument: Semi-
automatic single cell sorter. Manufacturer: Hooke Instruments, Ltd., 
P.R. China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the research will 
involve identifying and obtaining novel single cells based on metabolic 
traits that can not be identified with simple label/staining, and in 
addition, we would like to obtain live cells for further culturing and 
investigation. We are interested in novel and non-culturable organisms/
cells that possess combined traits of desire that can be detected using 
Raman micro-spectroscopy fingerprinting. This unique label-free and 
ejection-based cell sorter is the only one known that will enable the 
applicant to eject the single live cell (pre-identified with non-
invasive, non-damaging Raman) in complicated bioprocess/environmental 
(soil water) samples into collectors and then allow us to study them. 
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 
30, 2021.

    Dated: August 11, 2022.
Richard Herring,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-17583 Filed 8-15-22; 8:45 am]
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