[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 152 (Monday, August 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39918-39919]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-19093]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Renewable Energy Laboratory, et al.; Notice of Decision 
on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision 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). 
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 
3705, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave., NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no 
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments 
described below, for such purposes as these are intended to be used, 
that were being manufactured in the United States at the time of its 
order.
    Docket Number: 09-032. Applicant: National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: MicroTime 200 Single Molecule 
Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging System. Manufacturer: PicoQuant GmBH, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 33207, July 10, 2009. 
Reasons: This instrument will be used in biomass characterization. The 
instrument will be capable of doing Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging, 
measuring Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer and Fluorescence 
Correlation Spectroscopy for single fluorescent molecules. No domestic 
sources make devices with similar capabilities.
    Docket Number: 09-034. Applicant: University of Georgia, Athens, GA 
30605. Instrument: Gasification Unit. Manufacturer: Termoquip Energia 
Alternative LTDA, Brazil. Intended Use: See notice at 74 FR 32207, July 
10, 2009. Reasons: This instrument will be used to turn biomass into 
syngas, which is composed of hydrogen and carbon monoxide that can be 
catalytically upgraded to liquid fuel, chemicals and energy. No 
domestic sources make devices with similar capabilities.


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    Dated: August 4, 2009.
Gregory Campbell,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-19093 Filed 8-7-09; 8:45 am]
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