[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 152 (Monday, August 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 39934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19088]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Withdrawal of Application 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), the Department of 
Commerce determines 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.
    Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 
2104, Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce 14th 
and Constitution Ave., NW., Room 2104 Washington, DC 20230.
    Docket Number: 09-041. Applicant: State University of New York 
College at Geneseo, Erwin Hall 218, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY 
14454. Instrument: 4.5 Model Astrodome. Manufacturer: Astro Dome, 
Australia. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to house a 
telescope and CCD. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs and 
Border Protection: June 26, 2008.
    The Department of Commerce received the Rice University application 
from Customs and Border Protection on July 13, 2009. The application 
was reviewed and the Department determined that the application did not 
have sufficient information for the Department to determine whether an 
equivalent instrument was being produced in the United States. In 
accordance with section 301.5(a)(2), the Department contacted the 
University to afford them an opportunity to supplement the application 
by providing further information regarding the purpose of the 
instrument and whether an equivalent instrument was being produced in 
the United States.
    The State University of New York College at Geneseo then informed 
the Department that they had discovered that cost and design features 
were the determining factors in selecting the instrument. The 
University decided to withdraw the application for the Model Astrodome 
since they had been made aware that neither of these factors could be 
considered a pertinent specification in the comparison of instruments, 
in accordance with section 301.2(s).
    Therefore, the Department of Commerce had discontinued the 
processing of this application, in accordance with section 301.5(g) of 
the regulations. See 15 CFR 301.5(g).

    Dated: August 4, 2009.
Gregory Campbell,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-19088 Filed 8-7-09; 8:45 am]
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