80 FR 26896 - Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 90 (May 11, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 90 (Monday, May 11, 2015)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-11345]



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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.
[FR Doc. 2015-11345 Filed 5-8-15; 8:45 am]
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