[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 9219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4468]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application(s) 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 23, 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: 08-061. Applicant: California Association for Research 
in Astronomy dba W.M. Keck Observatory, 65-1120 Mamalahoa Highway, 
Kamuela, HI 96743. Instrument: Laser Launch Telescope Assembly (LTA). 
Manufacturer: Galileo Avionica, Italy. Intended Use: The LTA will be 
used as part of a Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System, which will 
measure and correct for the turbulence in the earth's atmosphere that 
causes a blurring of images or the ``twinkling'' of stars as viewed at 
nighttime. The LTA will act as a projection system to launch a laser 
beam onto a layer of sodium atoms in the mesosphere, around 90 km above 
the earth's surface, to provide a high quality ``artificial star'' in 
the atmosphere that will be used as a reference in measuring and 
correcting for the blurring effect. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: 
No US-manufactured instruments in the same general category as the 
foreign instrument for the intended use. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 6, 2009.

    February 25, 2009.
Chris Cassel,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. E9-4468 Filed 3-2-09; 8:45 am]
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