[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 107 (Friday, June 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 27017]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-13189]


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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 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Room 
3720.

Docket Number: 09-015. Applicant: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, 8301 MuirKirk Rd., 
Laurel, MD 20708. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
Japan. Intended Use: This instrument will be used to study 
microorganisms and/or tissues colonized with microorganisms. It will 
also be used to study biological specimens with biological fixatives. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instrument of the same general 
category is manufactured within the United States. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: April 6, 2009.

Docket Number: 09-023. Applicant: Florida State University, Department 
of Biology, 119 Biology Unit I, 4370, 89 Chieftan Way, Tallahassee, FL 
32306. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to perform 
research projects that require 3-D imaging capabilities and cryogenic 
imaging capabilities. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instrument 
of the same general category is manufactured within the United States. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 30, 2009.

Docket Number: 09-024. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 33 
North Dr., BG 33 Room BE11B MSC 3210, Bethesda, Maryland 20895-3210. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used understand and 
characterize the structure and function of the vaccinia virus. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instrument of the same general 
category is manufactured within the United States. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: April 30, 2009.

Docket Number: 09-025. Applicant: University of Virginia, Department of 
Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics, PO Box 800736, 1340 
Jefferson Park Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22908. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to study the structures of proteins, 
macromolecular complexes and viruses. Justification for Duty-Free 
Entry: No instrument of the same general category is manufactured 
within the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: May 7, 2009.

Docket Number: 09-026. Applicant: Yale University School of Medicine, 
333 Cedar St., SHM C-206, New Haven, CT 06520. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to identify and characterize cell and 
subcellular structures as well as inorganic material. Specifically, it 
will be used to provide imaging of neurons, synapses and growth cones, 
membranes and membrane traffic, the cell cytoskeleton and other man-
made materials. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instrument of the 
same general category is manufactured within the United States. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 13, 2009.

    Dated: June 1, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. E9-13189 Filed 6-4-09; 8:45 am]
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