[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 129 (Friday, July 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36961-36962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13123]


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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. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue NW, Room 
2104, Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications may be examined between 8:30 
A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 2104.
Docket Number: 07-036. Applicant: Methodist Hospitals of Dallas, d/b/a 
Methodist Health System, 1441 N. Beckley Avenue, Dallas, TX 75203. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model H-7650. Manufacturer: Hitachi High 
Technologies, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be 
used for clinical research and teaching in nephrology. The microscope 
is essential to conduct renal biopsies for the research. It will also 
be used to enable multiple students to simultaneously visualize the 
outcomes of the biopsies. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 8, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-037. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
California, Los Angeles, 570 Westwood Plaza Building 114, MC 722710, 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7227. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Tecnai G2 F20. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used in a multi-user facility for 
a wide range of TEM research activities which will significantly 
enhance the inter-disciplinary research profile. It will advance state-
of-the-art structural studies of a wide range of nano-devices, 
biological nanomachines and cellular assemblies. These activities have 
the potential for a profound impact on our understanding of several 
fundamental processes in biology, on determining the mechanisms of 
action of nanobiological machines, and on the development of novel 
nano-devices. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 7, 
2007.
Docket Number: 07-038. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
California, Los Angeles, 570 Westwood Plaza Building 114, MC 722710, 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7227. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model FP 
5600/XX Titan Krios cryo-EM. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in a 
multi-user facility for a wide range of TEM research activities which 
will significantly enhance the inter-disciplinary research profile. It 
will advance state-of-the-art structural studies of a wide range of 
nano-devices, biological nanomachines and cellular assemblies. These 
activities have the potential for a profound impact on our 
understanding of several fundamental processes in biology, on 
determining the mechanisms of action of nanobiological machines, and on 
the development of novel nano-devices. It will also provide high-
resolution data pushing the limit of cryoEM reconstruction to near 
atomic resolution for biological research. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 7, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-039. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
California, Los Angeles, 570 Westwood Plaza Building 114, MC 722710, 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-7227. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model FP 
5600/30 Titan 80-300 S/TEM. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in a multi-user 
facility for a wide range of TEM research activities which will 
significantly enhance the inter-disciplinary research profile. It will 
advance state-of-the-art structural studies of a wide range of nano-
devices, biological nanomachines and cellular assemblies. These 
activities have the potential for a profound impact on our 
understanding of fundamental processes in determining the structural 
properties of various materials. Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: June 7, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-033. Applicant: Stanford University, Varian Physics 
Bldg., Room 218, 382 Via Pueblo Mall, Stanford, CA 94305. Instrument: 
Amplified Ultrafast Laser System. Manufacturer: Thales Laser, France. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study the 
quantum mechanical properties of matter by performing coherent control 
experiments. Genetic algorithms will be used to control molecular 
dynamics in molecules as big as proteins and as small as carbon dioxide 
by optimizing either absorption in proteins or fragmentation of smaller 
molecules. The laser system will generate light of different colors in 
a non-collinear optical parametric amplifier. The laser system used 
must be very reliable, with a clean mode and capability of generating 
reproducible high powers on a daily basis with very little noise or 
operator intervention. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
June 18, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-043. Applicant: Scripps Research Institute, 10550 
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Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Technai G2 Spirit TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech 
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for 
structural investigations of biological macromolecular assemblies in 
structures such as molecular motors, COPII coated vesicles, the HIV 
capsid assembly, the chloroplast ribosome, etc. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 18, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-044. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 3400 North 
Charles Street, Dunning Hall 102, Baltimore, MD 21218. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model Technai G2 Spirit TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to 
be used for basic biological and biomedical research pertaining to 
ultrastructural studies of cells and tissues; single particle analysis 
of proteins and macromolecules; and immunolocalization studies of 
proteins by means of electron dense probes. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 20,2007.

    Dated: June 29, 2007.
Faye Robinson,
Director Statutory Import Programs Staff Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-13123 Filed 7-5-07; 8:45 am]
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