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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 June 1, 2015. 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: 15-005. Applicant: Idaho National Laboratory, 2525
Fremon Avenue, Idaho Falls, ID 83415. Instrument: Electron Microscope.
Manufacturer: FEI, Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to analyze a wide range of materials, including nuclear fuel as
well as structural materials that have been irradiated, to better
understand the performance and characteristics of the material, improve
the material, as well as solve nuclear material disposal issues.
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: March 3, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-010. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to examine the structure of biological
specimens such as protein complexes, noninfectious viruses and small
cells, to help elucidate their function. 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: March 4, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-011. Applicant: University of South Alabama, 150
Jaguar Drive, Shelby Hall 4134, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
36688. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Czech
Republic s.r.o., Czech Republic. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to utilize nanoscale measurements to determine the relation
between the structure and function of hard and soft materials, as well
as to understand how nanoscale geometries contribute to subcellular
events in soft materials that constitute biological systems.
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: March 10, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-012. Applicant: Albert Einstein College of
Medicine of Yeshiva University, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY
10461. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to capture fine structure
modifications induced during cell motility or cellular secretion, and
observe morphological changes in sub-cellular organelles (late
endosomes and lysosomes) during various experimental conditions.
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: March 17, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-014. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 3400
North Charles Street, Room 102 Dunning Hall, Baltimore, MD 21218.
Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to understand
the role of proteins in various cell processes by establishing their 3D
structure through routine protein crystallography. 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: March 20, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-016. Applicant: Rutgers University, 89 French
Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Instrument: LN Microscope.
Manufacturer: Luigs Neumann, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will
be used to identify specific alterations in synaptic transmission that
lead to neuropsychiatric or neurological disorders, using a technique
called patch clamp, which uses a glass pipette to patch a microscopic
area of the cell membrane (diameter -1 micrometer) and then record the
electrophysiological signals generated by the cell. The stability of
micromanipulation this instrument is capable of and the clarity in
identifying specific cell types in live brain slices will address the
fine synaptic regulation differences between normal neurons and neurons
carrying diseased genes that may cause autism, schizophrenia and other
neuropsychiatric disorders. It will allow chances of recording from
neurons for a longer time which allows testing of the effects of more
compounds which may help to cure neurological or neuropsychiatric
disorders. 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: April 17, 2015.
Docket Number: 15-017. Applicant: City University of New York, 205
East 42nd Street, Room 11-64, New York, NY 10017. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to understand the structural mechanism by which
macromolecular complexes, organelles and cells carry out their actions,
and to design inhibitors/activators to alter their activity which can
be used to treat diseases associated with the activity of the
macromolecular complexes. 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: April 24,
2015.
Docket Number: 15-018. Applicant: City University of New York, 205
East 42nd Street, Room 11-64, New York, NY 10017. Instrument: Electron
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, Japan. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to understand the structural mechanism by which
macromolecular complexes, organelles and cells carry out their actions,
and to design inhibitors/activators to alter their activity which can
be used to treat diseases associated with the activity of the
macromolecular complexes. 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: April 24,
2015.
Dated: May 4, 2015.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
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