Notice2022-17583
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST), et. al., Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50289-50290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17583]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology
(FIRST), et. al., 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 September 6, 2022. Address
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Please also email a copy
of those comments to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7f3b161e11111a51371e110c171e083f0b0d1e1b1a51181009"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e2a070f00000b40260f001d060f192e1a1c0f0a0b40090118">[email protected]</span></a>.
Docket Number: 22-001. Applicant: For Inspiration and Recognition
of Science and Technology (FIRST), 200 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH
03101. Instrument: Dual Band 1.17 Gbps Access Point. Manufacturer: Open
Mesh Inc., China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the FIRST
Robotics Competition (FRC) (EIN 22-2990908) requires wireless radio
communication between student teams' driver controls and their home-
built robots. It is crucial that FRC be able to manage the wireless
traffic (for safety and team experience reasons). FRC mandates a
specific radio (Datto's OM5P-AN, obsolete, or OM5P-AC models, both are
dual band 1.17 Gbps access points) with custom firmware which optimizes
the radio for the competition use case. This transaction is to secure
the radios needed for educational robotic kits for the 2020 season
(4,400 air-freighted to meet 2020 season deadlines) and the 2021 season
(4,336 shipped via ocean). The applicant certifies that there will not
be any use of the foreign instrument by or for the primary benefit of
any commercial (for-profit) entity with 5 years after entry of the
foreign instrument into the United States customs territory.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant, there
are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
November 25, 2020.
Docket Number: 22-002. Applicant: University of California,
Riverside, 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA 92521. Instrument:
Customs Pulsed Laser Deposit & Molecular-Beam Epitaxy (PLD/MBE)
deposition system. Manufacturer: BEIJING PERFECT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.,
Beijing, China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the
instrument is intended to be used for research purposes for
experimental condenses matter physics, spin transport, quantum
transport, and spin-dependent physics, graphene, 2D layers,
heterostructures, and nanoscale devices, magnetic insulators,
heterostructures and interfaces, energy related materials science
research. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the
applicant, there are no instruments of the same general category
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: December 17, 2021.
Docket Number: 22-003. Applicant: University of Chicago Argonne
LLC, Operator of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue,
Lemont, IL (U.S.A.), 60439-4873. Instrument: High Heat Load Exit Mask
Assemblies. Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy.
Intended Use: According to the applicant, these components will be used
to assemble the new high heat load front ends for
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the Advanced Photon Source upgrade. The front end consists of a series
of components that connect the storage ring to the user beamline to
deliver a photon beam that will be used as a three-dimensional X-ray
microscope for experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena that are
studied vary widely from material properties analysis, protein mapping
for pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition
determination. These components will be used exclusively for scientific
research for a minimum of 5 years at Argonne National Laboratory. The
properties of the materials studied include but are not limited to
grain structure, grain boundary and interstitial defects, and
morphology. These properties are not only studied at ambient
environments but also under high pressure, temperature, stress and
strain. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant,
there are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in
the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
April 6, 2022.
Docket Number: 22-004. Applicant: UChicago Argonne LLC, Operatory
of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL
(U.S.A.) 60439-4873. Instrument: High Energy Monochromators.
Manufacturer: Strumenti Scientific CINEL S.R.L., Italy. Intended Use:
According to the applicant, these instruments will be used on new
beamlines for the Advanced Photon Source upgrade. The monochromators
are bandpass optical filters, that allow only a narrow band of
wavelengths of X-rays to pass. This is critical for the needs of the
beamline's experimental purposes. The materials/phenomena that are
studied vary widely from material properties analysis, protein mapping
for pharmaceutical companies, X-ray imaging and chemical composition
determination. These components will be used exclusively for scientific
research for a minimum of 5 years at Argonne National Laboratory. The
properties of the materials studied include but are not limited to
grain structure, grain boundary and interstitial defects, and
morphology. These properties are not only studied at ambient
environments but also under high pressure, temperature, stress and
strain. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant,
there are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in
the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
April 6, 2022.
Docket Number: 22-005. Applicant: Cornell University, School of
Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hollister Hall (2046), Room #220,
527 College Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14853-3501, USA. Instrument: Semi-
automatic single cell sorter. Manufacturer: Hooke Instruments, Ltd.,
P.R. China. Intended Use: According to the applicant, the research will
involve identifying and obtaining novel single cells based on metabolic
traits that can not be identified with simple label/staining, and in
addition, we would like to obtain live cells for further culturing and
investigation. We are interested in novel and non-culturable organisms/
cells that possess combined traits of desire that can be detected using
Raman micro-spectroscopy fingerprinting. This unique label-free and
ejection-based cell sorter is the only one known that will enable the
applicant to eject the single live cell (pre-identified with non-
invasive, non-damaging Raman) in complicated bioprocess/environmental
(soil water) samples into collectors and then allow us to study them.
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: According to the applicant, there
are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August
30, 2021.
Dated: August 11, 2022.
Richard Herring,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-17583 Filed 8-15-22; 8:45 am]
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