[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 9, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 48803]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20207]


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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 August 29, 2011. Address 
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, 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 in Room 3720.
    Docket Number: 11-046. Applicant: University of California Los 
Angeles, 595 Charles E. Young Drive East, 3806 Geology Building, Los 
Angeles, CA 90095. Instrument: Luminescence Reader. Manufacturer: 
Technical University of Denmark, Riso National Laboratory, Denmark. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the age of rock and 
sediment samples using thermoluminescence, optically stimulated 
luminescence and infrared luminescence. Justification for Duty-Free 
Entry: No instruments of the same general category are being 
manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: July 18, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-049. Applicant: University of Missouri, Electron 
Microscopy Core Facility, Veterinary Medicine Building, 1600 East 
Rollins, Columbia, MO 65211. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to study natural, synthetic and biological materials, to 
determine their atomic and crystalline structures, 3-dimensional 
organization at the nano level, elemental composition and organization. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instruments of the same general 
category are being manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 27, 2011.
    Docket Number: 11-051. Applicant: DOD Uniformed Services University 
of the Health Sciences, 4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-
4799. Instrument: Transmission Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to obtain extremely 
high-magnification images of biological samples, such as cells, 
tissues, bacteria and protein complexes, to study the characterization 
of injury and wound response and the effects of pharmacological agents 
on control and diseased tissues. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No 
instruments of the same general category are being manufactured in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 
27, 2011.

    Dated: August 3, 2011.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Office of Policy, Import 
Administration.
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