[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20952-20953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9108]


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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 May 4, 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: 11-019. Applicant: University of Wyoming, 1000 East 
University Avenue Laramie, WY 82072. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to examine animal tissues to diagnose 
diseases, especially those caused by viral infections. For some 
diseases, electron microscopy provides the most accurate and timely 
method of arriving at a presumptive or definitive diagnosis. 
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: March 11, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-020. Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Agricultural Research Service. 10300 Baltimore Ave Beltsville, MD 
20705. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: Hitachi High-
Technologies Corporation, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to identify and characterize new viruses, bacteria, fungi, 
parasites, and plant and animal cell structures. Standard electron 
microscopy

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techniques will be utilized to observe the 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: March 11, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-024. Applicant: Mayo Clinic. 200 First St SW 
Rochester, MN 55905. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
evaluate tissue looking for ultrastructural indicators of disease, as 
well as other experiments including cell culture morphology, transplant 
and host tissue interactions, and implant artifacts and breakage. 
Techniques to be used include standard transmission electron microscopy 
preparative procedures as well as specialized techniques including 
immunoelectron microscopy, negative staining and electron tomography. 
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: March 14, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-025. Applicant: California State University--Long 
Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90840. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: Neaspec GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to study plasmonic metal-based materials as 
well as phonon modes of thin surfaces such as silica, silicon nitride 
or silicon carbide materials. Experiments will be performed using near-
field microscopy measurements, coupling light with an atomic microscope 
tip and recording optical signals in amplitude and phase. 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: March 30, 2011.

    Dated: April 8, 2011.
Gregory Campbell,
Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2011-9108 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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