[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00586]
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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 February 4, 2013. 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 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of
Commerce in Room 3720.
Docket Number: 12-060. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, 2201 West
End Ave., Nashville, TN 37235. Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for the characterization of the structure and
elemental distribution of nanomaterials such as quantum dots,
nanostructured photovoltaic devices, and bio accumulation of
nanomaterials in tissue 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:
December 11, 2012.
Docket Number: 12-061. Applicant: Purdue University, 401 S. Grant
St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2024. Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to understand the morphology, such as size,
shape of components, elemental composition, and relationships between
structures of plant tissues, animal tissues, microorganisms,
nanomaterials, and chemical compounds. 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: August 21, 2012.
Docket Number: 12-067. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, 3231
Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to study the morphology or shape, composition, crystal structure,
local bonding environment, hardness, and electrical properties of
inorganic materials such as oxides, metals, ceramics, polymers, as well
as organic materials such as tissue samples, in the size range from
tenths of a nanometer to tens of micrometers. 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 14, 2012.
Docket Number: 12-068. Applicant: National Center for Toxicological
Research, USFDA, 3900 NCTR Rd., Jefferson, Arkansas 72079. Instrument:
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: Carl Zeiss, Germany. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to quantify the toxicological properties of
nanoscale materials that are being regulated by the FDA, including
metal oxides and carbon-based nanomaterials. The experiments will
include determining the toxicity of nanoscale metal oxides in cultured
cells, quantifying the distribution and toxicity of nanoscale silver
and metal oxides in animals, and studying the migration of nanoscale
materials from plastic materials. 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 20, 2012.
Docket Number: 12-069. Applicant: Temple University, 1947 North
12th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122. Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used for several projects such as improving the fabrication
quality of a planar MgB2/TiB2/MgB2
Josephson junction, the development of a smart needling device for
image-guided percutaneous intervention and delivery of therapeutic
agents in prostate, and fracture mechanics in development of enhanced
geothermal energy resources. 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 20, 2012.
Dated: January 8, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-00586 Filed 1-11-13; 8:45 am]
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