[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 246 (Tuesday, December 23, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 76966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-30069]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
University of California Los Angeles, et al.; Notice of
Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific
Instruments
This is a decision 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).
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave. NW.,
Washington, DC.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments
described below, for such purposes as each is intended to be used, that
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of its order.
Docket Number: 14-012. Applicant: University of California Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Instrument: iCorr (Correlative
Microscopy). Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use:
See notice at 79 FR 64367, October 29, 2014. Comments: None received.
Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific
value to the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as
this is intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United
States at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to
perform correlative microscopy of biological samples from micro to
nanometer scales, using fluorescence light microscopy and cryo electron
microscopy, used in conjunction to reveal dynamics and functionalities
of the materials.
Docket Number: 14-026. Applicant: Stanford University, Stanford, CA
94305. Instrument: iMIC Digital Microscope 2.0 system full set (0000-
530-25032). Manufacturer: FEI Munich (formerly TILL Photonics),
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 79 FR 64367, October 29, 2014.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments
of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described
below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that was being
manufactured in the United States at the time of order. Reasons: The
instrument will be used to perform high-speed imaging and simultaneous
large volume data processing of cultured neurons from rats and mice
growing in special made PDMS microfluidic chambers. A fluorescent
microscopy system which is able to scan and acquire large amounts of
images at high speeds is required, as well as the system being able to
maintain stable focus plane over a long time-lapse recording.
Docket Number: 14-027. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Instrument: JEM-1400 Transmission Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at
79 FR 64367, October 29, 2014. Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to
the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as this is
intended to be used, that was being manufactured in the United States
at the time of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to research
and discover the genetic pathways of various neurological diseases,
using tissue samples from animal models which are examined for changes
in their subcellular organelles that are believed to result from the
effects of the diseases.
Docket Number: 14-028. Applicant: University of Colorado Boulder,
Boulder, CO 80309. Insrument: Fiberoptic Cable. Manufacturer:
Ceramoptec Gmbh, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 79 FR 64367,
October 29, 2014. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know
of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign
instruments described below, for such purposes as this is intended to
be used, that was being manufactured in the United States at the time
of order. Reasons: The instrument will be used to pursue a research
path towards constructing an off grid toilet that converts human waste
into fertilizer or solid fuel, using solar energy transmitted by
fiberoptic cable to a reaction chamber. A fiberoptic cable that is able
to withstand high temperatures (300-700 degrees C) without a high
transmission loss is required.
Docket Number: 14-029. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Instrument: KonTEM PhazR System. Manufacturer:
KonTEM GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 79 FR 64367, October
29, 2014. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments
described below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order.
Reasons: The instrument will be attached to an electron microscope, in
place of one of the apertures. It will be inserted into the electron
beam path to enhance image contrast for the imaging of proteins such as
ion channels.
Dated: December 15, 2014.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Enforcement and Compliance.
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