[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 123 (Monday, June 27, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 41519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-15139]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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 July 18, 2016. 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: 15-052. Applicant: Iowa State University of Science 
and Technology, 211 TASF, Ames, IA 50011-3020. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI, Co., Czech Republic and Great Britain. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to perform microstructure 
examination, compositional analysis and orientation analysis on 
materials such as metals, compounds, alloys, oxides and organic 
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: April 13, 2016.
    Docket Number: 16-007. Applicant: University of California, 
Riverside, 900 University Ave., Riverside, CA 92521. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Company, the Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to characterize the 
morphology and structure at microscopic down to atomic scale of 
materials and biological 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: May 
9, 2016.

    Dated: June 21, 2016.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-15139 Filed 6-24-16; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P