[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 174 (Friday, September 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55185-55186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22111]


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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 27, 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: 12-034. Applicant: Stony Brook University, 100 
Nicolls Rd., Stony Brook, NY 11794. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to study the morphology and crystalline structure of metallic, 
semi-conductor, or polymeric materials. 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: July 11, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-035. Applicant: The City College of New York, 
Office of the Dean of Science, Marshak 1320 160 Convent Ave., New York, 
NY 10031. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., 
Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for several projects 
including the examination of the distribution of intracellular proteins 
that mediate the ligand-mediated chemotaxis of cells within a micro-
controlled environment,

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the study of nanoparticles, and the structure of influenza vaccine 
strains. 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: July 30, 2012.

     Dated: August 31, 2012.
Callie H. Conroy,
Acting Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import Administration.
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