81 FR 71702 - Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

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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 November 7, 2016. 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: 15-061. Applicant: Yale School of Medicine, 333 
Cedar St., New Haven, CT 06510. Instrument: SuperK Extreme EXR-20 white 
light laser. Manufacturer: NKT Photonics, Denmark. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used as an excitation sources for the study of 
intracellular processes and structures at super resolution. The 
experiments require a high power pulsed excitation source at a 
wavelength of 590 nm, and minimal after pulse tail and sub 100 ps pulse 
width. 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: July 18, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-002. Applicant: University of Massachusetts 
Medical School, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01655. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to understand the three-
dimensional structure of purified proteins and protein complexes at the 
atomic level, and how this is related to their function. 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: July 18, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-004. Applicant: Purdue University, 315 N. Grant 
St., West Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument: SGR YAG pulsed laser. 
Manufacturer: Beamtech Optronics, Co. LTD, China. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for pulsed laser annealing and nanostructure 
integrated laser shock peening, to improve the microstructure of thin 
film for better electrical and optical properties. Requirements for the 
experiment include three wave lengths (355nm, 532nm, 1064nm), pulse 
energy 2J, flat hat beam, and pulse duration tunable from 10ns to 25ns. 
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: July 18, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-005. Applicant: Rutgers University, 
Administrative Services Bldg. I, Rm. 300, Plant Funds, 65 Davidson 
Road, Piscataway, NJ 08854-8076. Instrument: Electron

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Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to achieve sub-nanometer resolution 
structures of protein complexes, characterize interactions between 
various components of protein complexes and understand biological 
activities by imaging protein assemblies in cellular or physiologic 
conditions. 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: July 14, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-008. Applicant: California Institute of 
Technology, 1200 E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125. Instrument: 
Cryogenic Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope System. 
Manufacturer: Unisoku Co., LTd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to investigate structural and electrical surface 
properties with atomic resolution at cryogenic temperatures (-459 
Fahrenheit--0.4 K) and high magnetic fields, at which conditions 
materials can exhibit unusual quantum properties such as topological 
superconductivity and fractionalization of charge carriers. Experiments 
to be conducted with the instrument include mapping of the local 
electronic density of states of gated nanostructures by measuring 
current--voltage curves at different points, mapping of the electron 
spin structure using scanning tips made of magnetic materials, and 
probing the size of the energy gap in topological insulators and 
topological superconductors. For this type of research an instrument 
capable of performing scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic 
force microscopy (AFM) at cryogenic temperatures and high magnetic 
fields is essential. 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: July 14, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-010. Applicant: University of California, 
Riverside, 900 University Drive, Riverside, CA 92521. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used teaching and associated 
research, including materials science, earth science and life science, 
all of which rely on the characterization of morphology and structure 
at microscopic down to atomic scale of materials and biological 
tissues. 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: July 18, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-011. Applicant: Van Andel Research Institute, 333 
Botswick Avenue NE., Grand Rapids, MI 49503. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to computationally process images of 
protein complexes and apply averaging techniques to 3D models of 
isolated cellular components. 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: June 
21, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-012. Applicant: Van Andel Research Institute, 333 
Botswick Avenue NE., Grand Rapids, MI 49503. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI, Co., the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to computationally process images of protein 
complexes and apply averaging techniques to 3D models of isolated 
cellular components. 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: June 16, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-013. Applicant: Van Andel Research Institute, 333 
Botswick Avenue NE., Grand Rapids, MI 49503. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to computationally process images of 
protein complexes and apply averaging techniques to calculate 3D models 
of isolated cellular components. 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: 
July 15, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-014. Applicant: Iowa State University, 3616 
Administrative Services Bldg., Stange Road, Ames, Iowa 50011-3616. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study atom 
arrangement/motion in defects, interface, precipitate and their effect 
on property using high-resolution (scanning) electron microscopy, 
nanospectroscopy, electron diffraction, electron holography and Lorentz 
microscopy. 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: July 14, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-015. Applicant: Yale University, 2 Whitney 
Avenue, Suite 540, P.O. Box 208202, New Haven, CT 06520. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to obtain atomic-resolution 
maps of macromolecular complexes, to obtain three-dimensional tomograms 
of cellular contents, and to observe the arrangements of organelles and 
macromolecular complexes that participate in cellular processes. 
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: July 18, 2016.

    Docket Number: 16-016. Applicant: State University of New York at 
Stony Brook, Research & Development Campus, Development Drive, Bldg. 
17, Stony Brook, NY 117964-6000. Instrument: Cryo-Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to image and visualize purified proteins, 
nucleic acid-protein complexes, and thin sections of biological 
materials such as cells or tissues by cryo-electron microscopy. 
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: August 24, 2016.


    Dated: October 11, 2016.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
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Final Rule, 78 FR 57790 (September 20, The subject merchandise includes rebar Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room
2013), available at http://www.gpo.gov/ that has been further processed in the subject 3720, U.S. Department of Commerce,
fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013- country or a third country, including but not Washington, DC 20230. Applications
limited to cutting, grinding, galvanizing, may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and
22853.htm, prior to submitting factual
painting, coating, or any other processing
information in this segment. that would not otherwise remove the 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of
merchandise from the scope of the Commerce in Room 3720.
Certification Requirements
investigations if performed in the country of Docket Number: 15–061. Applicant:
Any party submitting factual manufacture of the rebar. Yale School of Medicine, 333 Cedar St.,
information in an AD or CVD Specifically excluded are plain rounds New Haven, CT 06510. Instrument:
proceeding must certify to the accuracy (i.e., nondeformed or smooth rebar). Also SuperK Extreme EXR–20 white light
and completeness of that information.45 excluded from the scope is deformed steel laser. Manufacturer: NKT Photonics,
Parties are hereby reminded that revised wire meeting ASTM A1064/A1064M with no
bar markings (e.g., mill mark, size, or grade)
Denmark. Intended Use: The instrument
certification requirements are in effect will be used as an excitation sources for
and without being subject to an elongation
for company/government officials, as test. the study of intracellular processes and
well as their representatives. At the time of the filing of the petition, structures at super resolution. The
Investigations initiated on the basis of there was an existing countervailing duty experiments require a high power
Petitions filed on or after August 16, order on steel reinforcing bar from the pulsed excitation source at a wavelength
2013, and other segments of any AD or Republic of Turkey. Steel Concrete of 590 nm, and minimal after pulse tail
CVD proceedings initiated on or after Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Turkey, and sub 100 ps pulse width.
August 16, 2013, should use the formats 79 FR 65,926 (Dep’t Commerce Nov. 6, 2014) Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
for the revised certifications provided at (2014 Turkey CVD Order). The scope of this
are no instruments of the same general
countervailing duty investigation with regard
the end of the Final Rule.46 The to rebar from Turkey covers only rebar
category manufactured in the United
Department intends to reject factual produced and/or exported by those States. Application accepted by
submissions if the submitting party does companies that are excluded from the 2014 Commissioner of Customs: July 18,
not comply with applicable revised Turkey CVD Order. At the time of the 2016.
certification requirements. issuance of the 2014 Turkey CVD Order, Docket Number: 16–002. Applicant:
Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal University of Massachusetts Medical
Notification to Interested Parties Endustrisi A.S. was the only excluded School, 55 Lake Avenue North,
Interested parties must submit Turkish rebar producer or exporter. Worcester, MA 01655. Instrument:
applications for disclosure under APO The subject merchandise is classifiable in
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. On the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS) primarily under item Company, the Netherlands. Intended
January 22, 2008, the Department numbers 7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and Use: The instrument will be used to
published Antidumping and 7228.30.8010. The subject merchandise may understand the three-dimensional
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: also enter under other HTSUS numbers structure of purified proteins and
Documents Submission Procedures; including 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000, protein complexes at the atomic level,
APO Procedures, 73 FR 3634 (January 7221.00.0017, 7221.00.0018, 7221.00.0030, and how this is related to their function.
22, 2008). Parties wishing to participate 7221.00.0045, 7222.11.0001, 7222.11.0057, Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
in these investigations should ensure 7222.11.0059, 7222.30.0001, 7227.20.0080, are no instruments of the same general
that they meet the requirements of these 7227.90.6030, 7227.90.6035, 7227.90.6040,
category manufactured in the United
procedures (e.g., the filing of letters of 7228.20.1000, and 7228.60.6000.
HTSUS numbers are provided for States. Application accepted by
appearance as discussed in 19 CFR convenience and customs purposes; Commissioner of Customs: July 18,
351.103(d)). however, the written description of the scope 2016.
This notice is issued and published remains dispositive. Docket Number: 16–004. Applicant:
pursuant to section 777(i) of the Act and [FR Doc. 2016–25171 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 a.m.] Purdue University, 315 N. Grant St.,
19 CFR 351.203(c). West Lafayette, IN 47907. Instrument:
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Dated: October 11, 2016. SGR YAG pulsed laser. Manufacturer:
Paul Piquado, Beamtech Optronics, Co. LTD, China.
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Intended Use: The instrument will be
Compliance. used for pulsed laser annealing and
International Trade Administration nanostructure integrated laser shock
Appendix I peening, to improve the microstructure
Scope of the Investigations Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of of thin film for better electrical and
Scientific Instruments optical properties. Requirements for the
The merchandise subject to these
investigations is steel concrete reinforcing Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the experiment include three wave lengths
bar imported in either straight length or coil Educational, Scientific and Cultural (355nm, 532nm, 1064nm), pulse energy
form (rebar) regardless of metallurgy, length, Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 2J, flat hat beam, and pulse duration
diameter, or grade or lack thereof. Subject L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106– tunable from 10ns to 25ns. Justification
merchandise includes deformed steel wire for Duty-Free Entry: There are no
with bar markings (e.g., mill mark, size, or
36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we
invite comments on the question of instruments of the same general
grade) and which has been subjected to an
elongation test. whether instruments of equivalent category manufactured in the United
scientific value, for the purposes for States. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: July 18,
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45 See section 782(b) of the Act. which the instruments shown below are
46 See Certification of Factual Information to intended to be used, are being 2016.
Import Administration during Antidumping and manufactured in the United States. Docket Number: 16–005. Applicant:
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July Comments must comply with 15 CFR Rutgers University, Administrative
17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also frequently asked
questions regarding the Final Rule, available at
301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and Services Bldg. I, Rm. 300, Plant Funds,
http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_ be postmarked on or before November 7, 65 Davidson Road, Piscataway, NJ
info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf. 2016. Address written comments to 08854–8076. Instrument: Electron

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Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI category manufactured in the United Entry: There are no instruments of the
Company, the Netherlands. Intended States. Application accepted by same general category manufactured in
Use: The instrument will be used to Commissioner of Customs: July 18, the United States. Application accepted
achieve sub-nanometer resolution 2016. by Commissioner of Customs: July 14,
structures of protein complexes, Docket Number: 16–011. Applicant: 2016.
characterize interactions between Van Andel Research Institute, 333 Docket Number: 16–015. Applicant:
various components of protein Botswick Avenue NE., Grand Rapids, MI Yale University, 2 Whitney Avenue,
complexes and understand biological 49503. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Suite 540, P.O. Box 208202, New Haven,
activities by imaging protein assemblies Manufacturer: FEI Company, the CT 06520. Instrument: Electron
in cellular or physiologic conditions. Netherlands. Intended Use: The Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There instrument will be used to Company, the Netherlands. Intended
are no instruments of the same general computationally process images of Use: The instrument will be used to
category manufactured in the United protein complexes and apply averaging obtain atomic-resolution maps of
States. Application accepted by techniques to 3D models of isolated macromolecular complexes, to obtain
Commissioner of Customs: July 14, cellular components. Justification for three-dimensional tomograms of cellular
2016. Duty-Free Entry: There are no contents, and to observe the
Docket Number: 16–008. Applicant: instruments of the same general arrangements of organelles and
California Institute of Technology, 1200 category manufactured in the United macromolecular complexes that
E. California Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91125. States. Application accepted by participate in cellular processes.
Instrument: Cryogenic Temperature Commissioner of Customs: June 21, Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
Scanning Tunneling Microscope 2016. are no instruments of the same general
System. Manufacturer: Unisoku Co., Docket Number: 16–012. Applicant: category manufactured in the United
LTd., Japan. Intended Use: The Van Andel Research Institute, 333 States. Application accepted by
instrument will be used to investigate Botswick Avenue NE., Grand Rapids, MI Commissioner of Customs: July 18,
structural and electrical surface 49503. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 2016.
properties with atomic resolution at Manufacturer: FEI, Co., the Netherlands. Docket Number: 16–016. Applicant:
cryogenic temperatures (-459 Intended Use: The instrument will be State University of New York at Stony
Fahrenheit—0.4 K) and high magnetic used to computationally process images Brook, Research & Development
fields, at which conditions materials can of protein complexes and apply Campus, Development Drive, Bldg. 17,
exhibit unusual quantum properties averaging techniques to 3D models of Stony Brook, NY 117964–6000.
such as topological superconductivity isolated cellular components. Instrument: Cryo-Electron Microscope.
and fractionalization of charge carriers. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There Manufacturer: FEI Company, the
Experiments to be conducted with the are no instruments of the same general Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument include mapping of the local category manufactured in the United instrument will be used to image and
electronic density of states of gated States. Application accepted by visualize purified proteins, nucleic acid-
nanostructures by measuring current— Commissioner of Customs: June 16, protein complexes, and thin sections of
voltage curves at different points, 2016. biological materials such as cells or
mapping of the electron spin structure Docket Number: 16–013. Applicant: tissues by cryo-electron microscopy.
using scanning tips made of magnetic Van Andel Research Institute, 333 Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
materials, and probing the size of the Botswick Avenue NE., Grand Rapids, MI are no instruments of the same general
energy gap in topological insulators and 49503. Instrument: Electron Microscope. category manufactured in the United
topological superconductors. For this Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech States. Application accepted by
type of research an instrument capable Republic. Intended Use: The instrument Commissioner of Customs: August 24,
of performing scanning tunneling will be used to computationally process 2016.
microscopy (STM) and atomic force images of protein complexes and apply Dated: October 11, 2016.
microscopy (AFM) at cryogenic averaging techniques to calculate 3D
Gregory W. Campbell,
temperatures and high magnetic fields is models of isolated cellular components.
Director of Subsidies Enforcement,
essential. Justification for Duty-Free Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There
Enforcement and Compliance.
Entry: There are no instruments of the are no instruments of the same general
[FR Doc. 2016–25173 Filed 10–17–16; 8:45 am]
same general category manufactured in category manufactured in the United
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the United States. Application accepted States. Application accepted by
by Commissioner of Customs: July 14, Commissioner of Customs: July 15,
2016. 2016.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Docket Number: 16–010. Applicant: Docket Number: 16–014. Applicant:
University of California, Riverside, 900 Iowa State University, 3616 International Trade Administration
University Drive, Riverside, CA 92521. Administrative Services Bldg., Stange
[A–471–807]
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Road, Ames, Iowa 50011–3616.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Instrument: Electron Microscope. Certain Uncoated Paper From
Netherlands. Intended Use: The Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Portugal: Initiation and Preliminary
instrument will be used teaching and Netherlands. Intended Use: The Results of Antidumping Duty Changed
associated research, including materials instrument will be used to study atom Circumstances Review
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science, earth science and life science, arrangement/motion in defects,
all of which rely on the characterization interface, precipitate and their effect on AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance,
of morphology and structure at property using high-resolution International Trade Administration,
microscopic down to atomic scale of (scanning) electron microscopy, Department of Commerce.
materials and biological tissues. nanospectroscopy, electron diffraction, SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There electron holography and Lorentz (the ‘‘Department’’) preliminarily
are no instruments of the same general microscopy. Justification for Duty-Free determines that The Navigator

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81 FR 71702 - Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEInternational Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 201 (October 18, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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