[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 40 (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12240-12241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-4838]
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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: 11-074. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
4000 Jones Bridge Rd., Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to understand how proteins interact with
DNA, with a focus on proteins that are involved in DNA damage
recognition and repair. The experiments will consist of direct visual
observations of fluorescently tagged DNA and DNA-bound protein
molecules using total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. The
instrument will provide the capability to generate ``DNA Curtains.''
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: December 21, 2011.
Docket Number: 12-002. Applicant: National Center for Toxicological
Research, 3900 NCTR Rd., Jefferson, AR 72079. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to determine the toxicity of nanoscale metal
oxides culutured cells, quantifying the distribution and toxicity of
nanoscale silver and metal oxides, and determining the genotoxicity of
nanoscale materials in cultured cells. 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: January 10, 2012.
Docket Number: 12-005. Applicant: VA Palo Alto Health Care System,
Azhar Lab, Bldg 4, Room C320, 3801 Miranda Ave., Palo Alto, CA 94304-
1207. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study cell
cultures and lab animal tissue specimens for verification of normal
morphological features or morphological changes, as well as searching
for proteins of interest labeled with commercially available colloidal
gold conjugated to antibodies. Cellular organelles can be clearly seen
and identified using this instrument, which would not be visible with a
light microscope. 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.
Docket Number: 12-006. Applicant: William Patterson University, 300
Pompon Rd., Wayne, NJ 07470. Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: Hitachi High Technologies America Inc, Japan. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to study specimens including animal
tissues, bacteria, insects and parasites, involving the examination of
their morphological and structural features. 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 13, 2012.
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Dated: February 22, 2012.
Gregory Campbell,
Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-4838 Filed 2-28-12; 8:45 am]
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