[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15840-15841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04574]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


For the Regents of the University of Idaho; Notice of Decision on 
Applicationfor 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).OnJanuary 19, 2024,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, 89 FR3636, January 19, 
2024 (Notice).We received no public comments.
    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 0-30cm in 
depth) and the above ground plant community. The techniques employed 
will include

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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.

    Dated: February 28, 2024.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysts, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-04574 Filed 3-4-24; 8:45 am]
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