[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 79 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20504-20505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-7926]


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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 
non-conductive 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 campus-wide, 
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]
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