[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 1, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11199-11200]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-4515]


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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 March 21, 2011. 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: 10-045. Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute, 
Pacific Northwest Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, 3335 
Q Ave., Richland, WA 99354. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: This 
instrument will be used as an analytical tool for doing serial 
sectioning and producing 3D analytical analysis for both geological and 
material science samples. 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 2, 
2011.
    Docket Number: 10-072. Applicant: University of Puerto Rico, 
Institute of Neurobiology, PO Box 365067, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-
5067. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to reconstruct the remodeling 
synapses in the regenerating tectum, quantify the numbers and types of 
synapses, and quantify the effect that changes in brain-derived 
neurotrophic factors have on these synapses made by regenerated axons 
in the brain. The instrument will also enable the unequivocal 
identification of synapses made by Engrailed-expressing neurons, 
something that is impossible to do any other way. Additionally, the 
instrument will be used to study the location of aminergic receptors 
and transporter molecules in specific areas of the central nervous 
systems of freshwater prawns. 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: 
December 22, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-076. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
Minnesota, 12 Shepherd Labs 100 Union St, SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Inc., Czech 
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will support structural study of 
the mechanisms of virus assembly and infection, kidney structure and 
function in disease, bacterial infection and host response, and other 
applications. 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: December 29, 
2010.
    Docket Number: 11-002. Applicant: Weill Cornell Medical College of 
Cornell University, 1300 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will allow users to acquire well focused, high contrast, 
high quality images through the full range of magnifications, from 50x 
to 1,200,000x. 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 11, 
2011.
    Docket Number: 11-003. Applicant: Armed Forces Institute of 
Pathology, Department of Veterinary Pathology, Bldg. 54, Room G111, 
6825 16th St., NW., Washington, DC 20306-6000. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to examine tissue specimens to identify and 
characterize pathologic tissue changes, determine disease diagnosis and 
severity, and aid in prognosis and treatment of patients as applicable. 
The required capabilities that this instrument provides are a voltage 
range between 40kV and 120 kV, a resolution of 0.2nm line and 0.38nm 
point, and a magnification of x50 to 600,000, among other requirements. 
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 11, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-004. Applicant: San Diego State University, 5500 
Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Inc., Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for many applications including

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the study of unicellular photosynthetic cells, arachnid systematics, 
and geochronology and provenance studies. The instrument will allow 
high quality, high throughput flow with a scope of advanced capability. 
It will also allow uncoated museum samples to be viewed without damage. 
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, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-005. Applicant: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, DOC, 325 Broadway, Boulder, Colorado 80305-3328. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study semiconductor, 
metallic magnetic and nanostructured materials' structure and 
composition, with nanoscale and atomic level resolution. The required 
capabilities that the instrument provides include high resolution 
energy filtered and scanning transmission electron miscroscopy, 
convergent beam and selected area electron diffraction, and electron 
energy loss and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. 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 14, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-006. Applicant: University of Vermont, 19 
Roosevelt Hwy., Suite 120 Colchester, Vermont 65446. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to investigate advanced glycation end product 
localization using post-embedding immunoelectron microscopy techniques 
on thin sections from human cardiac biopsies. Required characteristics 
of the instrument include 120 kV accelerating voltage, and an electron 
gun assembly with Cool Beam Illumination System--LaB6 filament 
standard. 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 19, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-007. Applicant: University of Arkansas, Office of 
Business Affairs, ADMN 321 Physics Fayetteville, AR 72701. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Inc., the Netherlands. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to complement the FEI instruments 
already installed at the facility, and be used to provide high-
resolution imaging, spectroscopy, and sample preparation capabilities. 
The instrument has a unique 5-axis motorized eucentric specimen stage 
which reads out and displays all 5 axes with an accuracy of 0.01 
microns and 0.01 degrees. 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 24, 
2011.
    Docket Number: 11-015. Applicant: The Regents of the University of 
California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, M/
S 71R0259, Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Carl Zeiss SMT, Inc., Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to investigate the structure and composition of 
inorganic, polymer and biological nano-materials. The instrument allows 
for the employment of transmission microscopy techniques, such as high-
resolution imaging and tomography, cryo-imaging, energy-filtered 
imaging, energy loss spectroscopy and selected-area diffraction. It 
meets the necessary specifications of the research, including stability 
of sample stage and image with respect to thermal drift and external 
vibration, flexibility of stage motions, flexibility of software for 
signal acquisition and image processing, overall system stability, and 
ease of use. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no 
instruments of the same general category being manufactured in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
December 7, 2010.

    Dated: February 23, 2011.
Gregory Campbell,
Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-4515 Filed 2-28-11; 8:45 am]
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