[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 115 (Friday, June 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33203-33204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-11608]


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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 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 filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import Programs Staff, 
U.S.

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Department of Commerce. Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. 
and 5:00 P.M. in room 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Docket Number: 07-025. Applicant: University of Minnesota, Institute of 
Technology Characterization Facility, 12 Shepherd Labs, 100 Union 
Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Confocal Raman 
Microscope. Manufacturer: Witec, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
is intended to be used in a centralized facility for a wide variety of 
research applications including: identifying phases of materials from 
the interior of the earth and other planetary bodies produced in high 
pressure/temperature experiments, identifying active pharmaceutical 
ingredients and various excipients and adjuvants in the dosage form, 
distinguishing polymorphs in organic crystalline films, identifying 
components in polymer blends at the micron level, distinguishing 
components in complex biofilms, characterizing the surface composition 
of coated aerosol particles, etc. Precise mapping control through a 
piezo scan table, as well as high resolution and adaptation to 
different wavelengths of the laser are essential features. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 23, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-034. Applicant: Purdue University, 915 W State 
Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2054. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Titan KRIOS System. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used primarily on 
studies of alphaviruses and flaviviruses. Topics of investigation 
include: virus-receptor complexes, structure of naked viruses, 
structure of lipid enveloped viruses, virus-antibody complexes, 
assembly pathways and imaging techniques. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 17, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-035. Applicant: Old Dominion University, 231 Kaufman 
Hall, Norfolk, VA 23529. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model JEM-
2100F. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to study the microstructure of materials prepared 
in the form of thin films. The microstructure features include defect 
density, precipitates, defect distribution, phase and phase 
distribution. It will also be used to image biological materials to 
identify cell and membrane properties and to study nanoparticle 
properties, their interactions, and their morphology. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 5, 2007.

    Dated: June 11, 2007.
Faye Robinson,
Director Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-11608 Filed 6-14-07; 8:45 am]
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