[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 168 (Tuesday, August 31, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 53271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21559]


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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 September 20, 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: 10-022. Applicant: Virginia Commonwealth University, 
School of Medicine, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, 1101 East 
Marshall Street, P.O. Box 980551, Richmond, VA 23298-0551. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate the three 
dimensional structure of biological macromolecules, which will be 
observed under cryogenic conditions. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: 
There are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in 
the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
August 3, 2010.

    Dated: August 24, 2010.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-21559 Filed 8-30-10; 8:45 am]
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