Notice2025-15477
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology et al.,Notice of Decision on Applicationfor Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 39181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15477]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology et al.,Notice of
Decision on Applicationfor 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). On
June 16, 2025, and on July 1, 2025, the Department of Commerce
published a notice in the Federal Register requesting public comment on
whether instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes
for which the instruments identified in the docket(s) below are
intended to be used, are being manufactured in the United States. See
Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments, 90 FR
25222, June 16, 2025 and Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments, 90 FR 28724, July 1, 2025. We received no
public comments.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no
instrument of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument
described below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order.
Docket Number: 25-013. Applicant: South Dakota School of Mines and
Technology, 501 E Saint Joseph St., Rapid City, SD 57701. Instrument:
2D material transfer stage with an optical microscope. Manufacturer:
High Hope Zhongding Corporation, China. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to control exciton-polariton interactions in 2D material
heterostructures for applications in optoelectronic, electronic devices
such as photodetectors, light-emitting devices.
Docket Number: 25-014. Applicant: William Marsh Rice University,
P.O. Box 1892, MS094, Houston, TX 77251-1892. Instrument: Erbium Vacuum
System. Manufacturer: Limit Vacuum Technology (Beijing) Co., Ltd.,
China. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to develop quantum
simulation technologies to investigate fundamental quantum mechanical
properties of quantum matter and potentially develop new novel quantum
materials.
Docket Number: 25-016. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 115
Union St. SE, PAN 241, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: High
Temperature Laser Crystal Growth Furnace. Manufacturer: Scientific
Instruments GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to
synthesize single crystals of transition-metal-based oxide to discover
new high high-temperature superconducting materials.
Docket Number: 25-017. Applicant: California Institute of
Technology, 1200 E California Blvd., M/C 18-34, Pasadena, CA 91125.
Instrument: Nd: Yag Laser System. Manufacturer: Laser Zentrum Hannover,
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to detect
gravitational waves.
Docket Number: 25-018. Applicant: Utah State University, 4415 Old
Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322. Instrument: SLM-200 Spatial Light
Modulator. Manufacturer: Santec USA Corporation, Japan. Intended Use:
The instrument is intended to generate holography and vortex optical
beams to provide hands-on training on holographic optics, diffraction
options, and Fourier optics.
Dated: August 11, 2025.
Tyler O'Daniel,
Acting Director, Subsidies and Economic Analysts, Enforcement and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-15477 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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