[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 102 (Tuesday, May 27, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30377-30378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-11563]


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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 June 16, 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: 08-014. Applicant: Ohio State University, Materials 
Science and Engineering, 2041 College Rd., Columbus, OH 43210. 
Instrument: Transmission Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company/Philips Electron Optics, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to study different types of solid 
state materials. It will be used for general morphological and 
structural studies of ceramics, metals,

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including high-temperature superconductors, high-temperature metal 
alloys, evaporated metal films, silicon-germanium quantum dots, soils 
and geological materials and polymers. The transmission electron 
microscope will be used to measure the morphology and orientation of 
grains and particles, as well as the structure, long and short range 
ordering, number and type of defects and the elemental composition of 
various phases in the materials. Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: April 28, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-015. Applicant: Texas Children's Hospital, 6621 
Fannin St., Houston, TX 77030. Instrument: Transmission Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
The instrument is intended to be used to analyze the ultrastructural 
features and characteristics of biomedical and transgenic research 
samples. The instrument will be used for tumor classification or 
evaluation of research protocols for various cancer therapies. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 24, 2008.
    Docket Number: 08-020. Applicant: Bergen County Technical Schools/
Bergen County Academies, 200 Hackensack Ave., Hackensack, NJ 07601. 
Instrument: Scanning Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
explore nanoscale materials and phenomena, to characterize material 
composition, orientation and interactions in 2 and 3 dimensions, and, 
in conjunction with lithography, to create material structures 
unachievable through other means. Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: May 2, 2008.

     Dated: May 16, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E8-11563 Filed 5-23-08; 8:45 am]
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