[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 23394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11676]


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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 June 8, 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: 09-014. Applicant: Miami University, 500 E. High 
Street, Oxford, OH 45056. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
characterize materials such as minerals, nano-materials, metals, 
ceramics, semiconductors, catalysts, and biological materials. This 
instrument provides improved resolution and contrast that will increase 
the types of samples that can be analyzed. Justification for Duty-Free 
Entry: No instrument of the same general category is manufactured 
within the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: April 6, 2009.
    Docket Number: 09-018. Applicant: Texas A & M University, College 
Station, TX 77843-4458. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 
FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
to perform ultrastructural analysis of a variety of animal cells and 
tissues involved in research investigations and for more limited 
diagnostic purposes. The materials to be investigated will be fixed and 
embedded animal tissues and cells. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: 
No instrument of the same general category is manufactured within the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 
27, 2009.
    Docket Number: 09-020. Applicant: Columbia University, Department 
of Biochemistry, 650 W. 168\th\ St., New York, NY 10032. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used study in cell-free in vitro 
systems, the structure and binding constellations of macromolecules and 
their ligands engaged in complex processes in the cell, such as 
translation, transcription, splicing, etc. Justification for Duty-Free 
Entry: No instrument of the same general category is manufactured 
within the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: April 24, 2009.

    Dated: May 13, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. E9-11676 Filed 5-18-09; 8:45 am]
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