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technical stewardship. Rather, EDA’s 

single-step application will make 

www.grants.gov a single access point for 

eligible applicants to electronically find 

and apply for its competitive grant 

opportunities. 

This information collection is 

necessary to determine the applicant’s 

eligibility for investment assistance 

under EDA’s authorizing statute, the 

Public Works and Economic 

Development Act of 1965, as amended 

(42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.), and regulations 

(13 CFR Chapter III); the quality of the 

proposed scope of work to address the 

pressing economic distress of the region 

in which the proposed project will be 

located; the merits of the activities for 

which the investment assistance is 

requested; and the ability of the eligible 

applicant to carry out the proposed 

activities successfully. 

II. Method of Collection 

Paper or electronically. 

III. Data 

OMB Number: 0610–0094. 

Form Number: EDA–900A. 

Type of Review: Regular submission. 

Affected Public: State and local 

governments; Indian tribes; institutions 

of higher education; non-profit 

institutions; business or other for-profit 

organizations; individuals or 

households. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

875. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 40 

hours (current burden for forms ED–

900P and ED–900A is 46 hours). 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 35,000. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. 

IV. Request for Comments 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden 

(including hours and cost) of the 

proposed collection of information; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of this information collection; 

they also will become a matter of public 

record. 

Dated: April 19, 2007. 

Gwellnar Banks, 

Management Analyst, Office of the Chief 

Information Officer. 

[FR Doc. E7–7832 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–24–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Applications 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 filed within 20 days with the 

Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S. 

Department of Commerce. Applications 

may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 

5 p.m. in room 2104, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. 

Docket Number: 07–014. Applicant: 

U.S. Department of Commerce—

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, 

Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope, Model Quanta 

Series. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 

The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 

instrument is intended to be used to 

image, measure and characterize 

moisture containing, wet, biological, 

semiconductor, energetic materials, 

nano-materials and composites, 

explosive materials and other nonconductive non-vacuum compatible 

materials. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: March 30, 

2007. 

Docket Number: 07–015. Applicant: 

VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 

1660 S. Columbian Way, Seattle, WA 

98108. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 

Model JEM–1011. Manufacturer: JEOL, 

Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 

instrument is intended to be used to 

investigate cancer, atherosclerotic 

cardiovascular disease, diabetes, 

Alzheimer’s disease and other 

pathologic processes commonly 

diagnosed in veterans. Electron 

microscopy specimens will include 

tissues and cells from humans or 

experimental animal models. 

Application accepted by Commissioner 

of Customs: March 28, 2007. 

Docket Number: 07–018. Applicant: 

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State 

University, Institute for Critical 

Technology and Applied Science, 1880 

Pratt Drive, MC 0493, Blacksburg, VA 

24061. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 

Model Quanta 600 FEG. Manufacturer: 

FEI Company, Brno, Czech Republic. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to investigate 

biological samples, hydrated materials, 

and other specimens that have a high 

vapor pressure. As a part of a campuswide, open user facility, it will be used 

in basic research studies of organic, 

inorganic, natural and synthetic 

materials (e.g. metals, ceramics, 

minerals, electronic materials, 

polymers, bio-materials). Application 

accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 

March 30, 2007. 

Docket Number: 07–019. Applicant: 

University of Utah, Department of 

Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, John 

A. Moran Eye Center, 65 Medical Drive, 

Salt Lake City, UT 84132. Instrument: 

Electron Microscope, Model JEM–1400. 

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to generate a 

complete network map of the 

mammalian retina, against which 

changes triggered by disease or 

experimental intervention can be 

gauged. This work has taken on new 

importance as inherited or acquired 

retinal degenerations are now known to 

heavily impact retinal wiring and 

neuronal survival. Application accepted 

by Commissioner of Customs: April 2, 

2007. 

Docket Number: 07–020. Applicant: 

University of Rhode Island, Department 

of Chemical Engineering, 219 Morrill 

Science Building, Kingston, RI 02881. 

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 

JEM–2100. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., 

Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to study soft and 

hard nanoscale materials. The 

properties of the materials and 

phenomena to be investigated are size, 

shape and composition. Application 

accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 

April 9, 2007. 

Docket Number: 07–021. Applicant: 

The University of Texas at Austin, 

Purchasing Office, 2200 Comal Street, 

Austin, TX 78722. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope, Model JEM–1400. 

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used for several different 

types of experiments which will be 

aimed at understanding the structural 

basis of learning and memory and/or 

neuropathological conditions. These 


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experiments include electrophysiology, 

molecular biology, pharmacology, and 

behavioral tests to learn how brain 

structure is altered as a function of 

associated changes with each of these 

manipulations. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: April 11, 

2007. 

Docket Number: 07–022. Applicant: 

Duke University, Box 90271, Durham, 

NC 27708–0271. Instrument: Electron 

Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 

Company, The Netherlands. Intended 

Use: The instrument is intended to be 

used to discover and quantify the 

structure and dimension of materials 

and biological samples, and then gain 

an understanding of how this structure 

determines or influences the properties 

or behaviors of the material or biological 

entity. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: April 6, 

2007. 

Faye Robinson, 

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff. 

[FR Doc. E7–7926 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Applications 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; 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 filed within 20 days with the 

Statutory Import Programs Staff, 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, 

Room 2104, 14th and Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. 

Docket Number: 06–054. Applicant: 

Purdue University, 465 Northwestern 

Ave., West Lafayette, IN 47907–2035. 

Instrument: DBF Fiber Laser System. 

Manufacturer: Koheras A/S, Denmark. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to study and 

formulate the physical description of 

the fundamental noise properties of 

optical frequency combs and their 

application to Optical Arbitrary 

Waveform Generation. An ultra-narrow 

(1 kHz optical linewidth) CW laser is 

needed to sweep the carrier frequency 

and beat it with a conventional modelocked laser based optical frequency 

comb. The CW laser also provides a 60 

pm fast piezo tuning range and 700 pm 

thermal tuning with 100 mW output 

power. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: September 1, 

2006. 

Docket Number: 06–059. Applicant: 

Rutgers University, 3 Rutgers Plaza, 

Brunswick, NJ 08901–8559. Instrument: 

Micro-dissecting Microscope. 

Manufacturer: Singer Instruments, UK. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to identify and 

categorize genes that control DNA 

replication and repair using a simple 

model organism known as baker’s yeast. 

Strains of yeast-bearing mutations in 

genes that control the repair of damage 

in DNA and their genetic pathway will 

be studied. The instrument is a 

motorized micromanipulator 

specifically designed to separate single 

aspo-spores of yeast. It will also be used 

for student instruction in these areas. 

Application accepted by Commissioner 

of Customs: October 19, 2006. 

Docket Number: 06–067. Applicant: 

The University of Illinois, 212 Tech 

Plaza, 616 East Green St., Champaign, IL 

61820. Instrument: Ti: Sapphire Lasers 

(2), Model TIS–SF–077s. Manufacturer: 

Tekhnoscan, Russia. Intended Use: The 

lasers are intended to be used to study 

the application of ultra-cold atom gases 

to quantum simulation. They will be 

used to create an optical lattice, and part 

of a system for driving stimulated 

Raman transitions which will be 

integrated into a complex experimental 

apparatus requiring a CW, singlefrequency, tunable Ti: sapphire ring 

laser with linewidth < 100 kHz, drift 

rate < 50 MHz/hour, locked to an 

external reference cavity, and 

completely reconfigurable for phaselocking optics and electronics with low 

drift rates since they will not be locked 

to a spectroscopic reference. 

Application accepted by Commissioner 

of Customs: November 20, 2006. 

Docket Number: 07–005. Applicant: 

Millersville University, Physics 

Department, P.O. Box 1002, Millersville 

PA 17551. Instrument: HeNe Laser 

Cavity Educational Kit, Model CA–1200. 

Manufacturer: MICOS GmbH, Germany. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used in the lab portion 

of a course on optics for instruction on 

the physical principles and the 

components of a laser. Students will use 

the kit to build a He-Ne Laser 

themselves and study the role of 

different optical elements in the lasing 

effect. Lab studies will include intensity 

distribution, Gaussian beam, 

polarization, divergence, coherence 

monochromatism and other properties 

of light. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: January 17, 

2007. 

Docket Number: 07–007. Applicant: 

Illinois Institute of Technology, 10 W. 

33rd St., Room 224, Chicago, IL 60616. 

Instrument: High Temperature Nano 

Test System. Manufacturer: Micro 

Materials, Ltd., UK. Intended Use: The 

instrument is intended to be used to 

assess the mechanical properties of Nibase alloys at elevated temperatures. 

Nano indentation tests will be 

conducted on the specimens at a range 

of temperatures from room temperature 

to 750 C to assess the hardness and 

modulus of the Ni-base alloys. These 

tests will permit evaluation of the 

characteristic mechanical properties of 

the constituent phases present in 

experimental Ni-base alloys and 

contribute to the development of new 

high temperature materials. The 

instrument requires a unique, 

horizontally-designed pendulum 

indenter to allow testing of specimens at 

temperatures in excess of 750 C. 

Application accepted by Commissioner 

of Customs: January 23, 2007. 

Docket Number: 07–0011. Applicant: 

State University of New York, Stony 

Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 

11794. Instrument: Low-level Beta 

Multicounter System. Manufacturer: 

Riso National Laboratory, Denmark. 

Intended Use: The instrument is 

intended to be used to measure 

emissions from very small quantities of 

naturally occurring, dissolved 

radioactive isotopes of thorium and lead 

in seawater which are attached to 

particulate matter in very small 

quantities. Samples of the isotopes are 

taken at various depths and serve as 

tracers of the movement of carbon to the 

deep, an important process that affects 

the biological cycle of the ocean as well 

as the carbon content of the atmosphere 

and is important for understanding 

climate change. The instrument will 

also be used for graduate education. 

This is the only beta detector that meets 

the requirements of five simultaneous 

measurements with extremely low 

background count rates of 0.2 cpm. It is 

also capable of field use in harsh 

environments. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: February 23, 

2007. 

Docket Number: 07–012. Applicant: 

University of Wisconsin, 750 University 

Ave., Madison, WI 53706–1490. 

Instrument: Real-time 3D Motion 

Capture System. Manufacturer: Phoenix 


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