[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 139 (Thursday, July 19, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 42484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-17622]


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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 8, 2012. 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 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce in Room 3720.
    Docket Number: 12-026. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
21 N. Park St., Suite 6101, Madison, WI 53715-1218. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate biopolymers 
and biological materials such as viruses, and animal and plant cells. 
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: June 11, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-029. Applicant: University of Alabama at 
Birmingham, 1530 3rd Ave. South--BED 254 Birmingham, AL 35294-4461. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech 
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the 
morphological features and chemical composition of metallic, ceramic, 
polymeric, composite and biological materials (human and animal 
tissue). 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: June 11, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-030. Applicant: Ohio State University, 2041 
College Rd., Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to measure the morphology and orientation of 
grains and particles, as well as the structure, long and short range 
ordering, number and type of defects and the elemental composition of 
various phases in ceramics and metals including high-temperature 
superconductors, high-temperature metal alloys, evaporated metal films, 
silicon-germanium quantum dots, soils and geological materials, 
polymers and possibly some biological samples. 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: June 4, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-032. Applicant: Louisiana State University, 
Department of Biological Sciences, 202 Life Sciences Building, Baton 
Rouge, LA 70803-1715. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: 
JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to examine the 
ultra-structure of cells and tissues from various model organisms such 
as Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly), as well as fabricated nano-
materials/polymers, rods made of bolaform amphiphile, and ionic 
liquids. 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: June 20, 2012.

    Dated: July 12, 2012.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-17622 Filed 7-18-12; 8:45 am]
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