[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 115 (Friday, June 14, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 27752]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-12610]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Connecticut; Notice of Decision on Application for 
Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89-
651, as amended by Public Law 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 
On April 11, 2019, the Department of Commerce published a notice in the 
Federal Register requesting public comment on whether instruments of 
equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instruments 
identified in the docket(s) below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States. See Application(s) for Duty-Free 
Entry of Scientific Instruments, 84 FR 14654 (April 11, 2019) (Notice). 
We received no public comments. Related records can be viewed between 
8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
and Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
    Docket Number: 18-010. Applicant: University of Connecticut, 
Storrs, CT 06269. Instrument: STED Confocal Microscope. Manufacturer: 
Abberior Instruments GmBH, Germany. Intended Use: See Notice at 14654. 
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments 
of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described 
below, for such purposes as this is intended to be used, that were 
being manufactured in the United States at the time of order. Reasons: 
The instrument will be used to study a variety of biological material 
related to medical research. Scientists at the University of 
Connecticut will be able to reveal the protein nano-structure of: 
Mouse/rat brain tissue and cells, mouse colon tissue, fruit fly 
chromosomes, mouse spinal cord tissue, and mammalian or invertebrate 
cultured cells. The experiments to be conducted involve taking the 
material and examining it with various wavelengths of light to obtain 
fluorescent images of cellular structures with high levels of detail. 
The objectives pursued by research with this equipment are 
understanding of the normal and pathological mechanisms of cellular 
function relating to human health and disease. The techniques used by 
employing this equipment include using the method of stimulated 
emission depletion (STED), which enables the visualization of high 
resolution, microscopic structure of biological specimens.

    Dated: June 10, 2019.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-12610 Filed 6-13-19; 8:45 am]
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