[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3178-3179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00910]
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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 6, 2014. 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: 13-031. Applicant: Max Planck Florida Institute, One
Max Planck Way, Jupiter, FL 33458. Instrument: Field Emission Gun-
Scanning Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: Carl Zeiss Microscopy,
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to examine neural
circuits and precisely identify ``synaptic contacts'' between neurons
and distinguish between overlapping processes or actual synaptic
contacts using 3D reconstruction of each process and its surroundings.
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: July 22, 2013.
Docket Number: 13-042. Applicant: University of Washington Medical
Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195-6100. Instrument:
Transmission Electron Microscope--system type: Tecnai G2 Spirit
BioTWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to reveal the details of structures within
cells and the matrix in which living cells are surrounded, and their
alterations in disease settings. 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:
September 19, 2013.
Docket Number: 13-044. Applicant: University of Minnesota-Twin
Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument:
Ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company,
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study
atomic-scale dynamic, non-equilibrium phenomena in a wide range of
materials including polymer/carbon composite materials, polycrystalline
graphene membranes, magnetic metal alloys, polycrystalline
semiconducting alloys, biotic membranes and single-crystal elemental
materials. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no
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instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 22,
2013.
Docket Number: 13-045. Applicant: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114.
Instrument: Scanning Electron Microscope Quanta 50 with Energy-
Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to examine titanium
dioxide nanomaterials for photocatalysts and lithium-ion batteries,
complex oxides nanomaterials such as metal-doped-strontium titanates,
lead zirconate titanate for electronic applications, cellular solids
for aerospace applications, carbon nanotubes and carbon-nanotube-
reinforced polymers for aerospace composite applications and air
sampling for industrial hygiene research applications. 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: October 29, 2013.
Docket Number: 13-046. Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC for the Dept. of
Energy, One Bethel Valley Road, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6138.
Instrument: JEM-2100F Field Emission Transmission Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to examine the microstructures of materials in resolution down to
the atomic lattice level, investigating microstructural changes
resulting from radiation induced defect generation and its effects on
materials behavior allowing for further development of fundamental
scientific understanding of materials reactions to displacive-type
radiation environments. 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: November 7,
2013.
Docket Number: 13-047. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute,
10550 North Torrey Pines Road, M/S BCC-206, La Jolla, CA 92037.
Instrument: Transmission Electron Microscope--Talos. Manufacturer: FEI
Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to
examine the architecture of biological assemblies to determine the
manner in which they function and the mechanisms through which they
interact with other cellular components, including viruses, cellular
protein assemblies, nanoparticles, and cellular organelles.
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: November 26, 2013.
Docket Number: 13-049. Applicant: The Regents of the University of
Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Instrument: Titan
Krios Transmission Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the
structure of isolated cellular components, primarily proteins, to
process computationally images of protein complexes and apply averaging
techniques to calculate 3D models of the specimens under investigation.
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 12, 2013.
Dated: January 6, 2014.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
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