[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37384-37385]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-15764]


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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 19, 2010. Address 
written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Applications may be 
examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce in Room 3720.
    Docket Number: 10-015. Applicant: National Center for Toxicological 
Research, U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services, 3900 NCTR Road, Jefferson, Arkansas 72079. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to identify and image nanoscale materials that 
are being tested at this FDA laboratory, and to detect these materials 
in biological samples including tissue culture and organs from animals. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category being produced in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 16, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-023. Applicant: University of Virginia, P.O. Box 
800886, 480 Ray C Hunt Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study proteins, 
macromolecular complexes, and viruses. The primary goal of the research 
is to obtain structural information for biological specimens at as high 
a resolution as possible. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are 
no instruments of the same general category being produced in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 
15, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-029. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 
South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: This instrument will be 
used to characterize different types of nanosized materials. A key 
aspect of the research focuses on understanding different aspects of 
physical and chemical behavior of individual metallic, semiconducting 
and magnetic nanosized materials and their assembled structures. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category being produced in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 11, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-030. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
One Shields Ave., Davis, CA 95616. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Elionix Co., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: This instrument 
will be used to measure and quantify the structural integrity, 
geometry, chemical composition, and accuracy of nano machining tools 
and machined workpieces. The micro tools that will be observed are made 
of poly-crystalline diamond (PCD) or nano-crystalline diamond (NCD) and 
the grain structure before and after machining must be carefully 
observed with extremely high magnification. Justification for Duty-Free 
Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category being 
produced in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 11, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-031. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: This 
instrument will be used to study subcellular, supramolecular or 
macromolecular structures at a resolution approximately 1000-fold 
greater than that achieved with the light microscope. Justification for 
Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category 
being produced in the United States. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 10, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-032. Applicant: Battelle Memorial Institute, 3335 
Q Avenue, Richland, WA 99354. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study both structural and chemical 
composition information at the atomic scale. Justification for Duty-
Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category being 
produced in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 9, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-033. Applicant: Massachusetts General Hospital, 
114 16th St., Charlestown, MA 02120. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: This instrument will be 
used for the study of materials such as cultured cells (Hela, n2a, 
clonal striatal cells, primary neurons), mouse brain, isolated 
autophagosomes from cultured cells, and exosomes from human brain. The 
goals are to understand how prenatal cocaine exposure alters dopamine 
receptor signaling and GABA neuron development in the mouse 
telencephalon. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no 
instruments of the same general category being produced in the United 
States.

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Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 9, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-035. Applicant: University of Maine System, 16 
Central St., Bangor, ME 04401. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Tescan, Czech Republic. Intended Use: This instrument 
will be used for the study of primarily geological (wet and dry 
sediment, rocks, fossils) but also some archaeological and biological 
materials. The objective is to obtain a better understanding of the 
mechanical and chemical structure of the Earth's crust, fluid flow in 
the crust, mechanisms for magma flow, and more. Justification for Duty-
Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category being 
produced in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 9, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-036. Applicant: University of Kansas Medical 
Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., MSN 1039, Kansas City, KS 66160. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: This instrument will be used to study the morphology and 
ultrastructure of biological cells and tissues, and potentially 
infectious agents, such as bacteria and viruses. Most of the 
experiments will be carried out on biological material that has been 
chemically preserved so that its structure can be determined by 
transmission electron microscope at ultrahigh magnification to obtain 
the greatest detail and highest resolution achievable. Justification 
for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general 
category being produced in the United States. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 11, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-037. Applicant: University of South Dakota, 414 
East Clark St., Vermillion, SD 57069. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: This 
instrument will be used to study inorganic nanostructured materials. 
The objective is to record data on the morphology of the nanostructured 
materials. The transmission electron microscope is essential to 
researchers' understanding of how the concentration and identity of 
capping ligands affect the size and morphology of the nanoparticles. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category being produced in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 15, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-039. Applicant: Northwestern University, 2205 
Tech Drive, Hogan 2-100, Evanston, IL 60201. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: This 
instrument will be used to study the structure of biological 
macromolecules, and to aid the development of novel methods that will 
facilitate the study of biological materials by electron microscopy. 
The objective is to visualize the 3-dimensional structure of biological 
macromolecular assemblies. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are 
no instruments of the same general category being produced in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 
15, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-040. Applicant: Illinois State University, School 
of Biological Sciences, Loading Dock, Science Lab Building, 125 South 
Fell Avenue, Normal, IL 61790-4120. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: This 
instrument will be used to study the structure of plants, algae, fruit 
flies, bacterial biofilms, and host/bacterium interaction. The 
objective is to determine whether antibiotics are effective in changing 
the structure of biofilms, including structure of tiny channels through 
which fluid and nutrients reach innermost cells of the biofilm. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category being produced in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 14, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-041. Applicant: Temple University, 1901 N. 13th 
Street, Department of Chemistry, Philadelphia, PA 19122. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: 
This instrument will be used in materials research and biological 
fields to examine the structure and properties of these materials under 
high resolution. Examples of research activities include the study of 
phase transformation of nanoparticulates in soil and aquatic systems; 
nanostructures that make up polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel 
cells; functionalized nanoparticles for optical applications; and more. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category being produced in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 15, 2010.
    Docket Number: 10-042. Applicant: University of Arkansas for 
Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham, Slot 505, Little Rock, AR 72205. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: This instrument will be used for research concerning 
cellular organelles and protein complexes. The objective is to extend 
the level of resolution in research from the 200 nm level of light 
microscopy to the 1 nm or better level of electron microscopy. This 
will help researchers understand how cellular receptors function, how a 
specific cellular organelle, the Golgi apparatus, functions, and how 
protein complex involved in viral replication functions. Justification 
for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general 
category being produced in the United States. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 16, 2010.

     Dated: June 23, 2010.
Christopher Cassel,
Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-15764 Filed 6-28-10; 8:45 am]
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