[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 9 (Monday, January 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 2659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-00586]


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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 February 4, 2013. 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: 12-060. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, 2201 West 
End Ave., Nashville, TN 37235. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for the characterization of the structure and 
elemental distribution of nanomaterials such as quantum dots, 
nanostructured photovoltaic devices, and bio accumulation of 
nanomaterials in tissue 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: 
December 11, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-061. Applicant: Purdue University, 401 S. Grant 
St., West Lafayette, IN 47907-2024. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to understand the morphology, such as size, 
shape of components, elemental composition, and relationships between 
structures of plant tissues, animal tissues, microorganisms, 
nanomaterials, and chemical compounds. 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 21, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-067. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, 3231 
Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to study the morphology or shape, composition, crystal structure, 
local bonding environment, hardness, and electrical properties of 
inorganic materials such as oxides, metals, ceramics, polymers, as well 
as organic materials such as tissue samples, in the size range from 
tenths of a nanometer to tens of micrometers. 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: December 14, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-068. Applicant: National Center for Toxicological 
Research, USFDA, 3900 NCTR Rd., Jefferson, Arkansas 72079. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: Carl Zeiss, Germany. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to quantify the toxicological properties of 
nanoscale materials that are being regulated by the FDA, including 
metal oxides and carbon-based nanomaterials. The experiments will 
include determining the toxicity of nanoscale metal oxides in cultured 
cells, quantifying the distribution and toxicity of nanoscale silver 
and metal oxides in animals, and studying the migration of nanoscale 
materials from plastic 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: 
December 20, 2012.
    Docket Number: 12-069. Applicant: Temple University, 1947 North 
12th St., Philadelphia, PA 19122. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for several projects such as improving the fabrication 
quality of a planar MgB2/TiB2/MgB2 
Josephson junction, the development of a smart needling device for 
image-guided percutaneous intervention and delivery of therapeutic 
agents in prostate, and fracture mechanics in development of enhanced 
geothermal energy resources. 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: 
December 20, 2012.

     Dated: January 8, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-00586 Filed 1-11-13; 8:45 am]
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