[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 92 (Monday, May 14, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27076-27077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-9214]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications 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

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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 June 4, 2007. Address 
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 2104, 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 2104.
    Docket Number: 07-023. Applicant: University of Miami, Biology 
Department, 1301 Memorial Drive, Room 215, Coral Gables, FL 33146. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1400. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
USA, Inc., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used 
to study the ultrastructure of defensive glandular structures in the 
sea hare. Aplysia californica is to be studied. Structures to be 
examined include the ink gland, opaline gland and white skin vesicles. 
Also, studied will be the digestive gland and gill ultrastructure. The 
objectives are to attempt to determine if there is a link between food 
sources and the structure of the various glands described above. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 18, 2007.

    Docket Number: 07-024. Applicant: Shriners Hospitals for Children, 
3101 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Road, Portland, OR 97239. Instrument: 
Transmission Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI, Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
examine sections from normal and diseased tissues, particularly in 
connective tissue, in an effort to determine the consequence of 
disease. Molecules and tissues will be analyzed in two and three 
dimensions using electron tomography for a better understanding of 
their structure and relationships to neighboring tissues and molecules. 
The distribution of molecules in normal and diseased tissues and the 
dimensional structure within cells and tissues will provide a better 
understanding of how they react in a tissue environment with other 
matrix molecules. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
April 27, 2007.

    Docket Number: 07-027. Applicant: University of Missouri-Columbia, 
Veterinary Medicine Building, Room W122, 1600 East Rollins, Columbia, 
MD 65211. Instrument: Transmission Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1400. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to 
be used in a central facility by an average of 50 different groups per 
year including faculty, staff and students to study the ultrastructure 
of a wide variety of biological and material samples including animal 
and plant tissues, microorganisms, and geological and engineering 
samples. The majority of use will be for biomedical research, 
agricultural questions and engineering problems. Materials developed 
for nanomedicine, pathogenic organisms, animal models of human disease, 
gene therapy and new devices and processes in engineering will be 
highlighted by 3D tomography. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: April 27, 2007.

    Docket Number: 07-028. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, Center for 
Structural Biology, 465 21st Avenue South, MRB III, Suite 5140, 
Nashville, TN 37232. Instrument: Transmission Electron Microscope, 
Model FP 5005/05. Manufacturer: FEI, Brno, Czech Republic. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study purified biological 
macromolecular complexes such as the spliceosome and the anaphase 
promoting complex, composed of protein and RNA components. The 
objective is to determine the three dimensional structures of large 
macromolecular complexes. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: April 27, 2007.

Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E7-9214 Filed 5-11-07; 8:45 am]
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