[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20953-20954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9109]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Colorado, et al.; Notice of Decision on 
Applications for 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). 
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 11-009. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne, 
LLC., Lemont, IL 60439-4873. Instrument: Electrode Coater. 
Manufacturer: A-Pro Co., Ltd., South Korea. Intended Use: See notice at 
76 FR 11200, March 1, 2011. Comments: None received. Decision: 
Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to 
the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as this is 
intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United States 
at the time of its order. Reasons: This instrument is unique in that it 
is semi-automated and suitable for a laboratory environment, and 
specially tailored for lithium-ion electrodes.
    Docket Number: 11-010. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Vitrobot Mark IV. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 76 FR 11200, 
March 1, 2011. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of 
no instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign 
instruments described below, for such purposes as this is intended to 
be used, that was being manufactured in the United States at the time 
of its order. Reasons: This instrument is unique in following ways: the 
instrumental parameters must be computer controlled and enable storing 
of parameter protocols, including humidity, blotting time and pressure, 
and equilibration time; mitigation of errors must be derived from the 
handling of TEM grids including loading, application of sample, 
plunging, and transfer to storage by automating some of these tasks; 
and sample blotting must be done automatically with user controlled 
programmable blot times and pressures.
    Docket Number: 11-011. Applicant: National Superconducting 
Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University. Instrument: 
Differential Plunger Device. Manufacturer: Institut fur Kernphysik-
Universitat zu koln (Cologne University), Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 76 FR 1120, March 1, 2011. Comments: None received. Decision: 
Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to 
the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as this is 
intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United States 
at the time of its order. Reasons: The instrument is specific to the 
research in level lifetime measurements of rare isotopes.
    Docket Number: 11-014. Applicant: Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument: Vibration Test System-Shaker in 
Trunion with Matching Amplifier and Cooling Blower. Manufacturer: TIRA, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 76 FR 11200, March 1, 2011. 
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know

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of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign 
instruments described below, for such purposes as this is intended to 
be used, that was being manufactured in the United States at the time 
of its order. Reasons: Unique features of this instrument include its 
arbitrary excitation angle, large frequency, force, displacement range 
and spectral output purity. It is also unique in that it included the 
ability to rotate to varying degrees.
    Docket Number: 11-017. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne, 
LLC, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: Electron Guns for Caribu EBIS Charge 
Breeder. Manufacturer: Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Russia. 
Intended Use: See notice at 76 FR 11200, March 1, 2011. Comments: None 
received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, for such 
purposes as this is intended to be used, that was being manufactured in 
the United States at the time of its order. Reasons: The main 
requirement to the EBIS charge breeder is its high efficiency and long 
maintenance free operational period.

    Dated: April 8, 2011.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-9109 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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