[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 107 (Friday, June 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27017-27018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13195]


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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 June 25, 2009. Address written comments 
to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Washington, D.C. 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: 09-021. Applicant: University of Chicago, Argonne, 
LLC, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Bldg. 201, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: 
Isolation Transformer. Manufacturer: Guth GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: 
The instrument will used as part of a project to provide neutron rich 
isotopes, with which r-process nucleosynthesis can be explored. The 
transformer will provide power to a high voltage platform which acts as 
the first stage of acceleration of the neutron rich nuclei. A unique 
feature of this instrument is that it is capable of providing 110kVA AC 
power to an injector platform, and will operate at a positive voltage 
of up to 250kVDC at continuous operation. Justification for Duty-Free 
Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category being 
manufactured within the United States. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 28, 2009.

Docket Number: 09-028. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin, 2200 
Comal St., Austin, TX 78722. Instrument: Synchroslice. Manufacturer: 
Lohmann Research Products, Germany. Intended Use: This instrument will 
be used to identify structure-function relationships in neurons at 
different levels of analysis (e.g., the single neuron level and the 
neuronal circuit level). This instrument is capable of performing 
serial section transmission electron microscopy, which is required in 
order to analyze the detailed structural changes involved. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general

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category being manufactured within the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 21, 2009.

Docket Number: 09-035. Applicant: University of Minnesota Medical 
School, 6-155 Jackson Hall, Department of Biochemistry, Molecular 
Biology & Biophysics, 321 Church St. S.E., Minneapolis, MN 55455. 
Instrument: Muscle Research System. Manufacturer: Scientific 
Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: This instrument will be used to 
simultaneously measure the force and kinetic properties as a function 
of calcium concentration in muscle fibers and to determine if this is 
affected by muscle diseases of both skeletal and cardiac muscle. A 
unique feature of this instrument is that it requires a gradient maker 
and pump control in order to simultaneously measure the isometric force 
of skinned muscle fibers as a function of calcium concentration. 
Further, a laser system is needed to excite fluophores in order to 
simultaneously measure the force and measure the myosin ATPase.

Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category being manufactured within the United States. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 11, 2009.

    Dated: June 1, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. E9-13195 Filed 6-4-09; 8:45 am]
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