[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61739-61740]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25052]


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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 Public Law 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 October 31, 2012. 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 p.m. at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce in Room 3720.
    Docket Number: 12-036. Applicant: Michigan State University, 2555 
Engineering Building Department of Mechanical Engineering, East 
Lansing, MI 48824-1226. Instrument: Diode Pumped High speed Nd:YAG 
laser system. Manufacturer: Edgewave GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used as a diagnostics equipment to study high 
temperature combustion occurring in a laboratory combustor with highly 
turbulent flows, specifically to detect chemical species of combustion 
in conditions that are similar to actual engine operating conditions. 
The system will be used to pump a dye laser to generate ultra-violet 
light which can be used to rack chemical species during combustion, 
such as hydroxyl (OH) radicals. The

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hydroxyl which is excited using ultraviolet light (283 nm) will then 
fluoresce and can be detected using an intensified CCD camera. The key 
requirements that this system fulfills are the beam profile of M\2\<2, 
to ability to perform sub 10 ns pulses with all the different 
specifications, and the crystals inside are all temperature controlled 
to phase match regardless of the outside temperature fluctuations. 
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 30, 2012.

    Dated: October 4, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-25052 Filed 10-10-12; 8:45 am]
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