[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 171 (Wednesday, September 5, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50933-50934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17516]


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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 postmarked on or before September 25, 2007. Address written 
comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 2104, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications may be examined 
between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. at the U.S. Department of Commerce in 
Room 2104.
Docket Number: 07-054. Applicant: University of California at Irvine, 
Reeve-Irvine Research Center, Dept. Of Anatomy & Neurobiology, 837 
Health Science Rd., Irvine, CA 92697. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model JEM–1400. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: 
The instrument is intended to be used for research related to the 
development of strategies to limit degeneration and enhance 
regeneration after spinal cord injury and reduce or eliminate the post-
traumatic enlargement of spinal cord injury sites that normally occur 
after traumatic injury. The electron microscope will be used to observe 
structures and phenomena within laboratory animal tissue. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 10, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-058. Applicant: Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut 
Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
JEM-2100. Manufacturer: Jeol, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument 
is intended to be used to study materials and phenomena that will 
include metals, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, biomaterials, 
atomic diffusion, nanocrystal and thin film growth and evolution, and 
phase precipitation. The experiments to be conducted involve the high-
resolution imaging of nanostructured materials and thin films to 
evaluate growth mechanisms, crystal structure, and phase stability in 
inorganic and organic materials and devices. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: August 20, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-060. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania School of 
Dental Medicine, 240 South 40th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7650. Manufacturer: Hitachi 
High-Technologies Corp., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to study virus entry into cells, extracellular 
matrix formation and architecture, muscle structure in dystrophic 
humans and animal models, the sarcolemma structure of bladder smooth 
muscle cells, animal models of bladder dysfunction, the conformation of 
a toxin that injures oral cells, the mineral composition of bones and 
teeth and the structure of the retina. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: August 15, 2007.
Docket Number: 07-058. Applicant: Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut 
Street,

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Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-
2100. Manufacturer: Jeol, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to study materials and phenomena that will include 
metals, ceramics, semiconductors, polymers, biomaterials, atomic 
diffusion, nanocrystal and thin film growth and evolution, and phase 
precipitation. The experiments to be conducted involve the high-
resolution imaging of nanostructured materials and thin films to 
evaluate growth mechanisms, crystal structure, and phase stability in 
inorganic and organic materials and devices. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: August 20, 2007.

Faye Robinson,
Director.
Statutory Import Programs Staff Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-17516 Filed 9-4-07; 8:45 am]
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