[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 130 (Thursday, July 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 32890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16286]


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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 July 29, 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: 09-038. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin, 
10100 Burnet Rd., Bldg. 131, Austin, TX 78758. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for high resolution cathodoluminescence 
imaging of quartz and carbonate cements in sandstones and carbonate 
rocks. The instrument will allow the highest spatial imaging 
resolutions with X-ray spectroscopy and CL. Justification for Duty-Free 
Entry: No instruments of same general category are manufactured in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 
17, 2009.
    Docket Number: 09-039. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
903 S. 4\th\ St., Hamilton, MT 59840. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to study protein complexes on viral surfaces, internal 
core structures, viral docking sites on host cells or tissues, 3-
dimentional structures of intact viruses and high-containment bacteria, 
intracellular relationships between viruses and bacteria as they enter, 
replicate and exit cells. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No 
instruments of same general category are manufactured in the United 
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 17, 2009.
    Docket Number: 09-040. Applicant: Stanford University, 450 Serra 
mall, Stanford, CA 94305. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study the nanostructure of materials. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: No instruments of same general 
category are manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 18, 2009.

    Dated: July 1, 2009.
Christopher Cassel,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. E9-16286 Filed 7-8-09; 8:45 am]
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