[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34095-34096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14544]


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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 July 6, 2010. Address written comments 
to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications may be

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examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce in Room 3720.
Docket Number: 10-025. Applicant: University of Minnesota (Dept. of 
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science), 151 Amundson Hall, 421 
Washington Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: High Pressure 
Oxygen Sputtering System. Manufacturer: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to synthesize thin 
films, or coatings, of very high crystalline quality materials known as 
complex oxides. A pertinent characteristic of this instrument is that 
the special design of the sputter sources and vacuum chamber/pumping 
system allows it to operate properly at pressures in excess of 1 Torr. 
It also is designed to work in pure oxygen and is capable us substrate 
heating to over 900 C in a high pressure such an environment. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instruments of the same general 
category as the foreign instrument being manufactured in the U.S. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 20, 2010.
Docket Number: 10-027. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 
South Cass Ave., Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: MultiView 400 SPM/NSOM/
Confocal Multi Probe System Probe and Sample Scanning Scan Head 
Assembly. Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging, Ltd., Israel. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to study the optical properties of 
nanoscale materials made of metal, semiconducting, or organic 
materials. The instrument can detect small changes in absorption, 
emission, and light-scattering properties of materials with a spatial 
resolution of under 100 nanometers. The system has dual scanning probe 
heads that are independently controlled, which enables illumination and 
detection with sub-wavelength spatial resolution. Justification for 
Duty-Free Entry: No instruments of the same general category as the 
foreign instrument being manufactured in the U.S. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: June 1, 2010.
Docket Number: 10-028. Applicant: Boston College, 140 Commonwealth 
Ave., Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Instrument: Infrared Mirror Furnace 4 
Mirror Furnace. Manufacturer: Crystal Systems Corp., Japan. Intended 
Use: To synthesize a large array of known crystals along with future 
exploration of novel new crystalline materials. A unique characteristic 
of this furnace is that it can synthesize extremely high quality 
crystals without crucible contact during growth, which prevents 
contamination. The technique employed during crystal growth is the 
``traveling solvent, floating zone'' method, which produces ultra-high 
purity crystal due to the fact that no crucible touches or contaminates 
the crystal and feed material during crystal growth. The instrument 
also allows for visual monitoring of the crystal during its growth and 
nucleation and can achieve heating gradients greater than 1500 Celsius 
per centimeter. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instruments of 
the same general category as the foreign instrument being manufactured 
in the U.S. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 28, 
2010.

    Dated: June 10, 2010.
Christopher Cassel,
Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-14544 Filed 6-15-10; 8:45 am]
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