[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 26, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70536-70537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-28357]


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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 Public Law 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 December 16, 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: 13-030. Applicant: South Dakota State University, 
Box 2202 N Rotunda, Brookings, SD 57007. Instrument: iMIC Andromeda. 
Manufacturer: Till Photonics, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to fluorescently label the macrophage colony stimulating 
factor (MCSF) and other signaling molecules in live primary bone marrow 
macrophages (BMMs). This instrument is the only confocal using a single 
micro lens disk, making it the only spinning disk system available that 
meets the needs for fast, multi fluorophore and Fluorescence Resonance 
Energy

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Transfer experiments over a range of objective lens magnifications. 
Furthermore, it is the only instrument that can rapidly interchange 
custom dichtroich mirrors, which is essential for experiments relying 
on new fluorescent proteins. 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: 
September 20, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-043. Applicant: University of Colorado at 
Boulder, 1111 Engineering Drive 428 UCB, ECOT 514, University of 
Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309. Instrument: Cyclic Triaxial 
Testing Device. Manufacturer: Wille Geotechnik, Germany. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to study the response of soils under 
monotonic static loading compared to 1-D and 2-D cyclic loading, 
evaluate the influence of load amplitude and frequency content on the 
response of soils in terms of shear modulus and damping versus strain, 
and evaluate the influence of soil-content on its dynamic properties. 
It is critical to have the capability to simulate realistic static and 
dynamic stress conditions to the soil samples, which is facilitated by 
the instrument. The key specification in the research that was 
satisfied by the instrument is the ability to apply cyclic loading at 
high frequencies (up to about 30Hz) to simulate earthquake loading. The 
instrument is also capable of testing soil samples larger than 70mm, 
the pressure system/pressure controller has a resolution of 0.1 KPa 
which provides greater accuracy, and the load frame capacity for both 
static and dynamic loading is 25 KN. 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: 
September 26, 2013.

    Dated: November 19, 2013.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-28357 Filed 11-25-13; 8:45 am]
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