[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 65 (Thursday, April 3, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18258-18259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6949]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application 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 14\th\ and Constitution 
Ave., NW, Room 2104 Washington, D.C. 20230. Applications may be 
examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 2104, U.S. Department of 
Commerce.
    Docket Number: 08-008. Applicant: Rice University, 6100 Main 
Street, Houston, TX 77005. Instrument: Low Temperature Microscopy 
Scanning Probe. Manufacturer: Nano Magnetics Instruments, Ltd., Turkey. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for imaging local 
magnetic field and change current distribution in semiconductor 
nanostructures. An essential feature of this instrument is that can 
supply 300mK scanning Hall probe microscopy with 50 NM special 
resolution. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 12, 
2008.
    Docket Number: 08-009. Applicant: University of Michigan, 
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2300 Hayward St., Ann 
Arbor, MI 48109-2136. Instrument: Heating Microscope Optical 
Dilatometer. Manufacturer: Expert System Solutions, Italy. Intended 
Use: This instrument will be used in a Defense Advanced Research 
Projects Agency (DARPA)-funded project on Direct Digital Manufacturing 
of Airfoils. The objective is to create a low-cost highly accurate 
method for manufacture of jet turbine engine airfoils for military 
aircraft. The Heating Microscope Optical Dilatometer hardware and 
software will be used for sintering shrinkage up to 1600 degrees 
centigrade,

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thermal expansion down to room temperature and cristobalite 
transformation at 215 degrees centigrade. An essential feature of the 
equipment is that it perform a non-contact optical measurement. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 14, 2008.

    Dated: March 28, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-6949 Filed 4-2-08; 8:45 am]
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