[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 58 (Wednesday, March 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16925-16926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06216]


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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

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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 April 14, 2020. 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: 20-002. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
Minnesota, Center for Magnetic Resonance Research, 2021 6th Street SE, 
Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Three-photon far infra-red laser. 
Manufacturer: Class 5 Photonics, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to study the fine structure which means on the scale of 
sub-microns (less than 1/1000th of 1 mm resolution) and function of 
cells and blood vessels in the living brains of mice. Examination of 
the fine structure is critical to understanding cellular communication 
and blood flow regulation in the brain. Laboratory mice are 
anesthetized, the skull is exposed, and 1,300 nm laser light is passed 
into the brain so that cells and blood vessels can be visualized with a 
microscope via three-photon fluorescence microscopy. Mice are now the 
most common research subjects used in biological and neuroscience 
research. 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 13, 2020.

    Dated: March 19, 2020.
Gregory W. Campbell,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-06216 Filed 3-24-20; 8:45 am]
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