[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 141 (Tuesday, July 22, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 42549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-16763]


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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 August 11, 2008. 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 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Room 
2104.
Docket Number: 08-033. Applicant: University of Connecticut, 97 N. 
Eagleville Rd., Storrs, CT 06269-3136. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Tecnai G2 Spirit TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to perform low dose 
and/or cryogenic imaging of soft matter and other beam-sensitive 
materials. It will also be used in the research of polymeric materials, 
gels, biomaterials and novel catalytic materials. Further, the 
instrument will have the ability to observe the mechanical response of 
nanomaterials, piezoceramics and other materials. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: June 25, 2008.
Docket Number: 08-034. Applicant: Harvard Medical School, 240 Longwood 
Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 
G2 F20. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to seek high resolution information 
from certain biological specimens such as membrane proteins, viruses, 
specialized sub-cellular organelles such as membrane-traffic 
intermediates and kinetochores. This information will be used to 
determine high resolution structures of sub-cellular assemblies in 
order to understand such fundamental cellular processes as mitosis, 
transport of water and ions across membranes and entry of viruses and 
other pathogens into cells. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: July 9, 2008.

    Date: July 16, 2008
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E8-16763 Filed 7-21-08; 8:45 am]
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