[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7394-7395]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3401]


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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 9, 2009. Address written comments 
to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, 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 
3720.
Docket Number: 08-041. Applicant: University of Colorado, P.O. Box 
173364, Campus Box 119, Denver, CO 80217. Instrument: Vitrification 
Robot. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for the

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preparation of vitrified macromolecular and cellular specimens that 
will be subsequently examined in an electron microscope under strict 
cryo-conditions. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
August 11, 2008.
Docket Number: 08-052. Applicant: University of Washington, Applied 
Physics Laboratory, 1013 NE 40th Street, Seattle, WA 98105-6698. 
Instrument: CTD Chain III. Manufacturer: ADM Electronik, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be towed from a large research vessel 
to study physical phenomena and processes that occur primarily in the 
upper 500m of the ocean, including internal waves, internal tides, 
meso-scale eddies, and buoyancy compensated water masses. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 30, 2008.
Docket Number: 08-056. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. 
Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: Isobar separator system. 
Manufacturer: Bruker Biospin S.A., France. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to develop new capability to deliver radioactive beams for 
nuclear physics research. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: October 9, 2008.

    Dated: February 12, 2009.
Chris Cassel,
Acting Director,IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. E9-3401 Filed 2-13-09; 8:45 am]
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