[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 11527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-5893]


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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 April 7, 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: 09-004. Applicant: William S. Middleton VA Hospital, 
2500 Overlook Terrace, Madison, WI 53705. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: Hitachi High Technologies Corporation, Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to examine human tissues with 
significant pathological changes and experimentally manipulated animal 
tissues. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No U.S.-made instruments of 
same general category. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
February 13, 2009.
    Docket Number: 09-006. Applicant: Bergen County Technical Schools/
Bergen County Academies, 200 Hackensack Avenue, Hackensack, NJ 07601. 
Instrument: Transmission Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., 
Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to explore nanoscale 
materials and phenomena. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No 
comparable instrument manufactured domestically. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: February 26, 2009.

    Dated: March 11, 2009.
Chris Cassel,
Acting Director,
IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. E9-5893 Filed 3-17-09; 8:45 am]
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