[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3178-3179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00910]


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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 6, 2014. 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: 13-031. Applicant: Max Planck Florida Institute, One 
Max Planck Way, Jupiter, FL 33458. Instrument: Field Emission Gun-
Scanning Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: Carl Zeiss Microscopy, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to examine neural 
circuits and precisely identify ``synaptic contacts'' between neurons 
and distinguish between overlapping processes or actual synaptic 
contacts using 3D reconstruction of each process and its surroundings. 
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 22, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-042. Applicant: University of Washington Medical 
Center, 1959 NE Pacific Street, Seattle WA 98195-6100. Instrument: 
Transmission Electron Microscope--system type: Tecnai G2 Spirit 
BioTWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to reveal the details of structures within 
cells and the matrix in which living cells are surrounded, and their 
alterations in disease settings. 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 19, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-044. Applicant: University of Minnesota-Twin 
Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: 
Ultrafast Transmission Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study 
atomic-scale dynamic, non-equilibrium phenomena in a wide range of 
materials including polymer/carbon composite materials, polycrystalline 
graphene membranes, magnetic metal alloys, polycrystalline 
semiconducting alloys, biotic membranes and single-crystal elemental 
materials. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no

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instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United 
States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 22, 
2013.
    Docket Number: 13-045. Applicant: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical 
University, 600 S. Clyde Morris Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114. 
Instrument: Scanning Electron Microscope Quanta 50 with Energy-
Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Czech 
Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to examine titanium 
dioxide nanomaterials for photocatalysts and lithium-ion batteries, 
complex oxides nanomaterials such as metal-doped-strontium titanates, 
lead zirconate titanate for electronic applications, cellular solids 
for aerospace applications, carbon nanotubes and carbon-nanotube-
reinforced polymers for aerospace composite applications and air 
sampling for industrial hygiene research applications. 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: October 29, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-046. Applicant: UT-Battelle, LLC for the Dept. of 
Energy, One Bethel Valley Road, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6138. 
Instrument: JEM-2100F Field Emission Transmission Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to examine the microstructures of materials in resolution down to 
the atomic lattice level, investigating microstructural changes 
resulting from radiation induced defect generation and its effects on 
materials behavior allowing for further development of fundamental 
scientific understanding of materials reactions to displacive-type 
radiation environments. 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: November 7, 
2013.
    Docket Number: 13-047. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute, 
10550 North Torrey Pines Road, M/S BCC-206, La Jolla, CA 92037. 
Instrument: Transmission Electron Microscope--Talos. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
examine the architecture of biological assemblies to determine the 
manner in which they function and the mechanisms through which they 
interact with other cellular components, including viruses, cellular 
protein assemblies, nanoparticles, and cellular organelles. 
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: November 26, 2013.
    Docket Number: 13-049. Applicant: The Regents of the University of 
Michigan, 210 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Instrument: Titan 
Krios Transmission Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the 
structure of isolated cellular components, primarily proteins, to 
process computationally images of protein complexes and apply averaging 
techniques to calculate 3D models of the specimens under investigation. 
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 12, 2013.

    Dated: January 6, 2014.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-00910 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
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