[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 177 (Friday, September 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54680-54681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-21837]


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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 October 2, 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: 14-014. Applicant: The Research Corporation of the 
University of Hawaii, 1680 East-West Road, POST 602, Honolulu, HI 
96822. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study man-
made and natural materials with special emphasis on extraterrestrial 
materials and energy storage 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: August 14, 2014.
    Docket Number: 14-020. Applicant: Louisiana State University, One 
University Place, Shreveport, Louisiana 71115. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: Delong Instruments A.s., Czech Republic. 
Intended Use: The instrument is used to study the size, shape and 
composition of inorganic, organic, biomolecular materials, and cells 
and tissues. 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 26, 
2014.
    Docket Number: 14-022. Applicant: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 
1700 Y

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St., Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0645. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is used to build complex nanopatterning and nanoscale 
structures, conduct three-dimensional materials characterization, and 
targeted transmission electron microscopy sample preparation. 
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 12, 2014.
    Docket Number: 14-025. Applicant: Michigan State University, 333 
Botswick Ave. NE., Grand Rapids, MI 49503. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument is used to generate recombinant proteins and induce 
aggregation of them using biochemical techniques, as well as to purify 
protein aggregates from human tissue samples, and study human disease 
using a number of animal models, and in these experiments conduct 
ultrastructural analyses of the animal's brain tissues. 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 26, 2014.

    Dated: September 5, 2014.
Richard Herring,
Acting Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-21837 Filed 9-11-14; 8:45 am]
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