[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 13 (Friday, January 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 3636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00987]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


For the Regents of the University of Idaho 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, asamended 
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 February 8, 2024. Address 
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 41006, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Please also email a copy 
of those comments to [email protected].
    Docket Number: 23-017. Applicant: For the Regents of the University 
of Idaho, 875 Perimeter Drive, MS 2006, Moscow, ID 83844-2006. 
Instrument: EcoUnit(s).
    Manufacturer: Regineering GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to study the 24 EcoUnits composing 
the Deep Soil Ecotron (https://deepsoilecotron.org/) will be used 
specifically to study deep soils (i.e., soils greater than 30 cm in 
depth), as well as the associated surface soils (i.e., soils 0-30 cm in 
depth) and the above ground plant community. The techniques employed 
will include experimental design that enables researchers through the 
use of these EcoUnits to precisely manipulate and control a suite of 
environmental variables controlled by EcoUnits. Additionally, 
researchers will employ state of the art sensors to monitor soil 
temperature, moisture, and gas fluxes, as well as plant root growth an 
morphology, and soil microbial communities via next-generation 
sequencing. 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: October 20, 2023.
    Docket Number: 23-018. Applicant: University of Chicago, 5640 S 
Ellis Avenue, ERC LL248, Chicago, IL 60637. Instrument: Fiber Laser 
Amplifier. Manufacturer: PercilLasers, China.Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used for the laser amplifier in question 
which will allow us to improve both the quality of Rydberg excitation 
and the number of atoms which can be simultaneously excited, which in 
turn will extend the complexity of quantum circuits which can be 
implemented in this experiment. Large quantum circuits are of 
fundamental interest in understanding the information complexity of 
quantum systems and may also enable the study of complex many-body 
phenomena such as quantum magnetism. 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: September 7, 2023.

    Dated: January 12, 2024.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysis, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-00987 Filed 1-18-24; 8:45 am]
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