[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11759-11760]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-04642]


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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 March 24, 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: 14-002. Applicant: University of Minnesota, Dept. of

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Biochem., Mol. Biol. & Biophysics, 140 Gortner Lab, 1479 Gortner Ave., 
St. Paul, MN 55108. Instrument: Anaerobic glovebox for crystallography. 
Manufacturer: Belle Technology UK Ltd, Great Britain. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study the growth of crystals of oxygen-
sensitive proteins and trapping of catalytic intermediates in crystals 
of enzymes which utilize oxygen as a substrate. The objective is to 
produce atomic resolution molecular structures of oxygen-sensitive or 
oxygen-dependent proteins by x-ray crystallography. The necessary 
features of this instrument include an entry port in the floor of the 
microscope box that forms an air-tight seal with a two liter liquid 
nitrogen dewar mated to the port from outside the box. Air needs to be 
expelled (purged) from above the liquid nitrogen surface and replaced 
with gaseous nitrogen. Closure of the port allows removal of the dewar. 
An air-tight door between the larger anaerobic crystallization box and 
the anaerobic microscope box is also necessary. 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: January 23, 2014.

    Dated: February 24, 2014.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-04642 Filed 2-28-14; 8:45 am]
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