80 FR 31890 - Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 107 (June 4, 2015)

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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 June 24, 2015. Address 
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Applications may be 
examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce in Room 3720.

    Docket Number: 14-024. Applicant: University of Maryland Baltimore 
County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to understand preparation--structure--
property relationships of many different materials including 
nanocomposite powders and coatings, tooth enamel and its interaction 
with dental materials, and gold nanoparticles with and without 
functional groups. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no 
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United 
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 12, 
2015.

    Docket Number: 14-030. Applicant: W.M. Keck Observatory, 65-1120 
Mamalahoa Hwy., Kamuela, HI 96743. Instrument: Next Generation Adaptive 
Optics (NGAO) Laser System. Manufacturer: Toptica Photonics AG, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to provide a high 
quality ``artificial star'' in the atmosphere to remove the image 
blurring caused by the atmosphere, as part of a Laser Guide Star 
Adaptive Optics System. The system uses a technique called Adaptive 
Optics that measures the turbulence in Earth's atmosphere that causes 
blurring or ``twinkling'' by ``flexing'' or ``bending'' a deformable 
mirror at speeds of hundreds of times per second. The instrument is 
used to excite sodium atoms residing in the mesosphere above the 
Earth's surface creating an ``artificial star'' for measuring the 
atmosphere's turbulence. The instrument uses a laser of a precise 
wavelength of 589nm projected onto the sodium layer at 90km in the 
atmosphere, for which the stability, format and bandwidth are critical. 
The wavelength, amount of power, and spectral content required to 
resonant atoms 90km in the atmosphere are not commonly used in the 
laser industry. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no 
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United 
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 5, 
2015.

    Docket Number: 14-035. Applicant: Texas A&M University, 200 Seawolf 
Parkway, Galveston, TX 77553. Instrument: Wartsila, W8L20 Generator set 
and related special purpose tools. Manufacturer: Wartsila Ship Power, 
Finland. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to prepare students 
to serve as licensed engineering officers in the U.S. Merchant Service 
and for other careers in demand in the Houston job market and 
elsewhere. Any generator set that would be useful for our instructional 
needs would need to be typical of the marine industry, be relatively 
large so students could have realistic laboratory experiences, and 
would need to not be excessively large so it would fit into the 
existing indoor high bay intended for this purpose. Justification for 
Duty-Free Entry: Marine Diesel engines of different design but in the 
same general category to that being donated are available in the US, 
but no detailed comparisons between competing equipment have been made 
because no domestically produced engine was offered as a donation. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 15, 2015.

    Docket Number: 15-002. Applicant: Rhode Island Hospital (Lifespan 
Corporation), 593 Eddy Street, Providence, RI 02903. Instrument: Laser 
Scanning Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company/TILL Photonics, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the molecular 
mechanisms of adhesion receptor activation in leukocytes (white blood 
cells), and how these processes are different under certain disease 
states, such as in patients with septic shock. By tagging specific 
proteins/genes with fluorescent markers the instrument will be used to 
track their location at a subcellular scale and determine how they are 
involved in regulating the activation of adhesion receptors. The 
instrument is capable of Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence 
Imaging, which is a specialized typed of microscopy where it is 
possible to restrict observations to a very thin section of the cell 
where the adhesion receptors are concentrated. The instrument has a 
unique integrated laser scanning mechanism that allows for the laser 
beam position to be scanned around the perimeter of the objective 
plane, which gives a superior illumination uniformity compared to the 
instruments from domestic manufacturers. These features are critical 
since the experiments rely on comparing the brightness of fluorescence 
signal in one part of a cell to other parts of the cell in order to 
draw conclusions about how these proteins are activating adhesion 
receptors. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments 
of the same general category manufactured in the United States. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 13, 2015.

    Docket Number: 15-003. Applicant: University of California Santa 
Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106-6105. Instrument: Cryo Positioning 
Stage High Resonance. Manufacturer: Janssen Precision Engineering, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to construct a 
variable temperature (4-300 Kelvin) scanning probe microscope with sub-
nanometer stability, optical access and microwave integration to 
measure nitrogen vacancy probes. There is no domestic instrument that 
combines six degrees of freedom of linear motion in a tool that 
operates at cryogenic temperatures (<4 Kelvin) and has a resonant 
frequency larger than 1 kHz. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There 
are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
February 5, 2015.

    Docket Number: 15-004. Applicant: Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to obtain structural and morphological information about materials 
such as metal alloys, polymers and ceramics using electron diffraction 
and bright field and dark field imaging. Composition of the materials 
will be studied using energy dispersive spectroscopy. These techniques 
will be used in static experiments as well as on materials that are 
subject to external stimuli. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There 
are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 
26, 2015.


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    Docket Number: 15-006. Applicant: Colorado School of Mines, 1500 
Illinois St., Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to elucidate structure-property relationships in a wide 
variety of materials including metals, ceramics, and semiconductors. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 10, 2015.

    Docket Number: 15-008. Applicant: St. Jude Children's Research 
Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the best course of 
treatment and prevention of reoccurrence of pediatric cancers, by 
studying cell and tissue cultures as well as human tumor tissue. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 20, 2015.

    Docket Number: 15-009. Applicant: University of Texas Health 
Science Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to document the light and 
ultrastructural change that occurs in the liver and adipose tissues 
from various sites under conditions of stress using mice with a 
targeted deletion of Tmem127. Electron microscopy will be used to 
document the size and effect of different conditions on lysosomal 
structure and distribution. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There 
are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 8, 
2015.

    Docket Number: 15-013. Applicant: Washington State University, 220 
French Administration Building, PO Box 641020, Pullman, WA 99164-1020. 
Instrument: CTK Reactor, High Pressure Reactor, Diff pump mass 
spectrometer. Manufacturer: OmniVac, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to take measurements during an ongoing 
catalytic reaction, i.e. under `operando' reaction conditions so as to 
clarify mechanistic details during studies up to 100 bar so as to 
ensure optimal conditions for the production of fuels and other 
chemical feedstock such as detergents or lubricants. Such dynamic 
reaction studies will help elucidate the mechanisms of catalytic 
reactions such as the formation of transportation fuels from `synthesis 
gas' (Fischer Tropsch synthesis). While CTK informs about the early 
run-in period in a time-resolved manner, the high pressure reactor 
allows the study of steady-state reaction behavior at a bench scale for 
many hours. The Quantachrome system allows measurements of the specific 
surfaces areas of materials, which is required for the optimization of 
catalysts. The CTK reactor comprises a gas cleaning and dosing system, 
along with gas inlets using mass flow controllers. The central part of 
the reactor is made of quartz, and temperatures can be varied at 
choice. The high pressure reactor comprises gas cleaning and inlet 
pressure up to 100 bar, surrounded by a temperature programmed oven 
which allows temperatures of up to 500 Celsius. The differential mass 
spectrometer serves to continuously control gas phase compositions and 
is equipped with a high-speed turbo molecular pump and rotary 
forevacuum pump. Sampling occurs with calibrated capillary at pressures 
controlled by ion gauges. The Quantachrome system allows specific 
surface areas to be determined using non-selective probe molecule 
adsorption at cryogenic temperatures. Justification for Duty-Free 
Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category 
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: May 8, 2015.

    Docket Number: 15-020. Applicant: The City University of New York, 
205 East 42nd Street, Room 11-64, New York, NY 10017. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Japan. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to understand the structural mechanism by 
which macromolecular complexes, organelles and cells carry out their 
actions, using single particle analysis and tomography, involving 
taking many images of biological materials in vitrified ice. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 8, 2015.

    Dated: May 28, 2015.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
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Docket Number: 15–006. Applicant: fuels and other chemical feedstock such DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Colorado School of Mines, 1500 Illinois as detergents or lubricants. Such
St., Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: dynamic reaction studies will help International Trade Administration
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI elucidate the mechanisms of catalytic
Company, Czech Republic. Intended reactions such as the formation of [A–533–823]
Use: The instrument will be used to transportation fuels from ‘synthesis gas’
elucidate structure-property Silicomanganese From India:
(Fischer Tropsch synthesis). While CTK
relationships in a wide variety of Preliminary Results of Antidumping
informs about the early run-in period in
materials including metals, ceramics, Duty Administrative Review; 2013–
a time-resolved manner, the high 2014
and semiconductors. Justification for pressure reactor allows the study of
Duty-Free Entry: There are no steady-state reaction behavior at a bench AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
instruments of the same general scale for many hours. The International Trade Administration,
category manufactured in the United Quantachrome system allows U.S. Department of Commerce.
States. Application accepted by measurements of the specific surfaces SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
Commissioner of Customs: February 10, areas of materials, which is required for (the Department) is conducting an
2015. the optimization of catalysts. The CTK administrative review of the
Docket Number: 15–008. Applicant: reactor comprises a gas cleaning and antidumping duty (AD) order on
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, dosing system, along with gas inlets silicomanganese from India. The period
262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN using mass flow controllers. The central of review (POR) is May 1, 2013, through
38105. Instrument: Electron Microscope. part of the reactor is made of quartz, and April 30, 2014. This review covers
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech temperatures can be varied at choice. respondent Nava Bharat Ventures
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument The high pressure reactor comprises gas Limited (Nava). The Department
will be used to study the best course of cleaning and inlet pressure up to 100 preliminarily determines that Nava did
treatment and prevention of bar, surrounded by a temperature not make sales of subject merchandise at
reoccurrence of pediatric cancers, by programmed oven which allows prices below normal value (NV) during
studying cell and tissue cultures as well temperatures of up to 500 Celsius. The the POR. The preliminary results are
as human tumor tissue. Justification for listed below in the section titled
differential mass spectrometer serves to
Duty-Free Entry: There are no ‘‘Preliminary Results of Review.’’
continuously control gas phase
instruments of the same general Interested parties are invited to
compositions and is equipped with a
category manufactured in the United comment on these preliminary results.
high-speed turbo molecular pump and
States. Application accepted by DATES: Effective Date: June 4, 2015.
rotary forevacuum pump. Sampling
Commissioner of Customs: February 20,
occurs with calibrated capillary at FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
2015.
pressures controlled by ion gauges. The David Lindgren at (202) 482–3870;
Docket Number: 15–009. Applicant: Quantachrome system allows specific AD/CVD Operations, Office VII,
University of Texas Health Science surface areas to be determined using Enforcement and Compliance,
Center, 7703 Floyd Curl Drive, San non-selective probe molecule International Trade Administration,
Antonio, TX 78229. Instrument: adsorption at cryogenic temperatures. U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The
are no instruments of the same general Washington, DC 20230.
instrument will be used to document
category manufactured in the United SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
the light and ultrastructural change that
States. Application accepted by
occurs in the liver and adipose tissues Scope of the Order
Commissioner of Customs: May 8, 2015.
from various sites under conditions of
stress using mice with a targeted Docket Number: 15–020. Applicant: The products subject to the order are
deletion of Tmem127. Electron The City University of New York, 205 all forms, sizes and compositions of
microscopy will be used to document East 42nd Street, Room 11–64, New silicomanganese, except low-carbon
the size and effect of different York, NY 10017. Instrument: Electron silicomanganese, including
conditions on lysosomal structure and Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI silicomanganese briquettes, fines and
distribution. Justification for Duty-Free Company, Japan. Intended Use: The slag. The silicomanganese subject to the
Entry: There are no instruments of the instrument will be used to understand order is currently classifiable under
same general category manufactured in subheading 7202.30.0000 of the
the structural mechanism by which
the United States. Application accepted Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
macromolecular complexes, organelles
by Commissioner of Customs: May 8, United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS
and cells carry out their actions, using
2015. subheading is provided for convenience
single particle analysis and tomography,
and customs purposes. A full
Docket Number: 15–013. Applicant: involving taking many images of
description of the scope of the order is
Washington State University, 220 biological materials in vitrified ice.
contained in the Preliminary Decision
French Administration Building, PO Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted
Box 641020, Pullman, WA 99164–1020. are no instruments of the same general
by this notice.1 The written description
Instrument: CTK Reactor, High Pressure category manufactured in the United
is dispositive.
Reactor, Diff pump mass spectrometer. States. Application accepted by
wreier-aviles on DSK5TPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

Manufacturer: OmniVac, Germany. Commissioner of Customs: May 8, 2015. 1 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Intended Use: The instrument will be
Dated: May 28, 2015. Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
used to take measurements during an Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado,
ongoing catalytic reaction, i.e. under Gregory W. Campbell, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
‘operando’ reaction conditions so as to Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the
Enforcement and Compliance. Preliminary Results of the 2013–2014
clarify mechanistic details during Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
studies up to 100 bar so as to ensure [FR Doc. 2015–13678 Filed 6–3–15; 8:45 am]
Order on Silicomanganese from India (Preliminary
optimal conditions for the production of BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Decision Memorandum).

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80 FR 31890 - Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEInternational Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 107 (June 4, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
