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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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Technologies, Inc., Canada. Intended 

Use: The instrument is intended to be 

used to measure limb movements of 

monkey subjects performing reach-tograsp tasks. Electrical signals derived 

from individual brain cells will be 

correlated with parameters of movement 

in order to determine how information 

is encoded in the signals that the brain 

uses to communicate with the muscles. 

This research is relevant to neuroprosthetics, spinal chord injury, stroke 

and motor rehabilitation. The 

dimensions of the testing chamber 

require that the infra red position 

markers can operate at a minimum 

distance of 0.6 m. Application accepted 

by Commissioner of Customs: March 5, 

2007. 

Faye Robinson, 

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, 

Import Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–7928 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Notice Announcing the Americas 

Competitiveness Forum and 

Opportunities for Sponsorship and 

Media Partnership 

AGENCY: International Trade 

Administration, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: U.S. Secretary of Commerce 

Carlos Gutierrez will host the inaugural 

Americas Competitiveness Forum on 

June 11–12, 2007, in Atlanta. This 

notice announces the Americas 

Competitiveness Forum and 

opportunities for sponsorship and 

media partnership. 

DATES: The Americas Competitiveness 

Forum will be held on June 11–12, 

2007. Applications for sponsorship and 

media partnership should be received 

no later than May 4, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: For sponsorship 

opportunities please contact Alex 

Feldman, International Trade 

Administration at 202–482–2867 or 

Alex.Feldman@mail.doc.gov. For media 

partnership opportunities please contact 

Charles Skuba, Director of Public 

Affairs, International Trade 

Administration at 202–482–3809. 

Registration for the Forum can be found 

at http://trade.gov/competitiveness/acf/ 

registration.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

Americas Competitiveness Forum at 

ACF@mail.doc.gov or call the 

International Trade Administration at 

1–800–USA–Trade or 202–482–0543. 

Additional information can be found at 

http://trade.gov/competitiveness/acf/ 

index.asp. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. 

Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez 

will host the inaugural Americas 

Competitiveness Forum on June 11–12, 

2007, in Atlanta. 

The Americas Competitiveness Forum 

(ACF) will provide a venue for 

government ministers from the Western 

Hemisphere to come together with 

leaders from the private sector, 

academia, and non-governmental 

organizations, to explore cutting edge 

ideas and best practices in several key 

areas of competitiveness. 

The ACF’s main tracks are: 

• Sparking and sustaining innovation; 

• Creating solutions in education and 

workforce development; 

• Designing successful global supply 

chain strategies; and 

• Fostering small business 

development and growth. 

The ACF intends to serve as an ongoing vehicle for governments, the 

private sector, academia, and nongovernmental organizations to explore 

best practices and case studies on the 

issue of competitiveness in the Western 

Hemisphere. By highlighting practical 

examples, the ACF intends to provide 

information for decision makers to take 

steps to strengthen competitiveness in 

each country and in the region, in 

general. 

Dated: April 12, 2007. 

Alysia Wilson, 

Director of Programs, Western Hemisphere. 

[FR Doc. E7–7925 Filed 4–24–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DA–P 

CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY 

COMMISSION 

Submission for OMB Review; 

Comment Request—Consumer Focus 

Groups 

AGENCY: Consumer Product Safety 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On January 18, 2007, the 

Consumer Product Safety Commission 

(CPSC or Commission) published a 

notice in accordance with provisions of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) (PRA), to 

announce the agency’s intention to seek 

approval for a collection of information 

to be conducted through Consumer 

Focus Groups. 72 FR 2264. The 

Commission now announces that it is 

submitting to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) a request for 

approval of that collection of 

information. 

The Commission received two 

comments. Both commenters, Safe Kids 

Worldwide (Safe Kids) and Carol 

Pollack-Nelson, supported the 

collection of information because it 

would inform the Commission’s plans 

in the areas of public education, recall 

effectiveness, product research and 

voluntary standards development. Safe 

Kids requested that a special emphasis 

be placed on children’s products. Safe 

Kids also requested that the focus 

groups and any subsequent reports 

resulting from the focus groups be made 

available to the public. Staff is currently 

developing the format for specific focus 

groups and will evaluate whether 

making such focus groups and any 

resulting reports public may be useful 

after the program is fully operational. 

The information collected from the 

Consumer Focus Groups will help 

inform the Commission’s evaluation of 

consumer products and product use by 

providing insight and information into 

consumer perceptions and usage 

patterns. Such information may also 

assist the Commission in its efforts to 

support voluntary standards activities, 

and help the staff identify areas 

regarding consumer safety issues that 

need additional research. In addition, 

based on the information obtained, the 

staff may be able to provide safety 

information to the public that is easier 

to read and is more easily understood by 

a wider range of consumers. The 

Consumer Focus Groups also may be 

used to solicit consumer opinions and 

feedback regarding the effectiveness of 

product recall communications and in 

determining what action is being taken 

by consumers in response to such 

communications and why. This may aid 

in tailoring future recall activities to 

increase the success of those activities. 

If this information is not collected, the 

Commission may not have available 

certain useful information regarding 

consumer experiences, opinions, and 

perceptions related to specific product 

use, which the Commission uses, in 

part, in its ongoing efforts to improve 

the safety of consumer products on 

behalf of consumers. 

Additional Information About the 

Request for Approval of a Collection of 

Information 

Agency address: Consumer Product 

Safety Commission, 4330 East West 

Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814. 

Title of information collection: 

Consumer Focus Groups. 

Type of request: Approval of 

collection of information. 


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