[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 149 (Wednesday, August 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 46912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19185]


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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 August 24, 2010. 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: 10-038. Applicant: Emory University, 1599 Clifton Rd., 
Atlanta, GA 30322. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the fine 
structural examination of biological and soft/hard materials specimens. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category being manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 13, 2010.
Docket Number: 10-049. Applicant: Health Research, Inc., New York State 
Department of Health, Wadsworth Center, Riverview Center 150 Broadway, 
Suite 560 Menands, NY 12204-2719. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: This instrument will be 
used to study biological material including cells and tissues of any 
and all types. The This instrument allows specific proteins to be 
visualized in the context of overall cellular architecture. It also has 
the resolution needed to image the macromolecule directly and to 
determine the shape, and even the quasi-atomic structure of the 
macromolecule. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no 
instruments of the same general category being manufactured in the 
United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 
13, 2010.
Docket Number: 10-051. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
California at San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, MC 0651 GPL Building, Room 
H204, La Jolla, CA 92093-0651. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: This 
instrument will be used to study ultrathin (70 nm) sections of fixed 
and frozen and/or fixed and plastic-embedded mammalian tissues and 
cultured cells, bacteria, viruses, fish and nanoparticles. The 
instrument will be used to look at samples and specimens that are 
mounted on EM (electron microscope) grids, using negative staining, 
plastic embedding and ultrathin sectioning of fixed tissues or cells, 
and immunolabeling of ultrathin cryosections of frozen fixed tissues or 
cells. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of 
the same general category being manufactured in the United States. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 14, 2010.

    Dated: July 28, 2010.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-19185 Filed 8-3-10; 8:45 am]
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