[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 12240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4837]


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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 March 20, 2012. 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: 12-004. Applicant: Max Planck Florida Institute, 
5353 Parkside Dr MC 19-RE, Jupiter, FL 33458. Instrument: Freeze 
Fracture/Freeze Etch device. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to reveal the two-dimensional 
localization of membrane proteins using freeze fracture replica immuno-
gold labeling, including all kinds of receptors and channels. Because 
freeze-fracture replica immuno-gold labeling has a high sensitivity for 
the detection of the epitope of the target molecules, small numbers of 
receptors that would be easily missed by LM or by conventional immuno-
EM can be revealed using this instrument in particular unknown 
subcellular locations. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no 
instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United 
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 8, 
2012.

    Dated: February 22, 2012.
Gregory Campbell,
Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-4837 Filed 2-28-12; 8:45 am]
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