[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 45 (Thursday, March 6, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 12078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-4407]


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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 March 26, 2008. 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: 08-004. Applicant: VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 
Neuroscience Research Center (127A), VA Connecticut Healthcare System, 
950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-1011. Manufacturer: Jeol, Inc., Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used to examine the molecular 
ultrastructure of brain, spinal cord and other nervous tissue samples 
obtained from control and experimental animals. The objectives of these 
research investigations are to understand the mechanisms of nerve cell 
damage and loss following injury and to examine the efficacy of 
different therapeutic interventions that can eliminate or minimize 
dysfunction following nervous system injury. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 8, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-005. Applicant: University of Utah, 201 S. 
President's Circle, Salt Lake City, UT 84112. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model 600 Quanta FEG. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech 
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used primarily 
for electron beam lithography as well as chemical characterization of a 
wide variety of materials. The instrument will be used to measure the 
size and chemical composition of nanoparticles and nanostructures. It 
will also be used to create nanostructures using electron beam 
lithography. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 
17, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-006. Applicant: Advocate Lutheran General 
Hospital--Em/Pathology, 1775 Dempster, 5th Floor, Park Ridge, IL 60068. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7650. Manufacturer: Hitachi 
High-Technologies Corp., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used primarily as a tool in the pathologic diagnosis of 
human diseases, mainly in: (a) Kidney biopsies, to aid in the diagnosis 
of medical and certain hereditary kidney diseases; (b) biopsies and/or 
resections of certain undifferentiated cancers; (c) biopsies of 
muscles, nerves, or brain, to identify certain metabolic and hereditary 
disorders of these organs; and (d) biopsies of the respiratory and 
alimentary tracts, to identify certain developmental disorders of these 
organs. It will also be used to aid in the training of physician 
residents in pathology during their rotations in Nephropathology and 
Surgical Pathology. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
February 12, 2008.

    Dated: March 3, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
 [FR Doc. E8-4407 Filed 3-5-08; 8:45 am]
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