[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 146 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 44940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-18786]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Withdrawal of Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific 
Instruments

Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
2104, Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce 14th 
and Constitution Ave., NW, Room 2104 Washington, D.C. 20230.
Docket Number: 10-039. Applicant: Northwestern University, 2205 Tech 
Drive Hogan 2-100, Evanston, IL 60201. Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 
37384, June 29, 2010.
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), the Department of Commerce 
and the Department of Homeland Security determine, inter alia, 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 as well as whether the instrument or 
apparatus is for the exclusive use of the applicant institution and is 
not intended to be used for commercial purposes.
On July 16, 2010, Northwestern University officials notified the 
Department that they wished to withdraw the above-referenced 
application for duty-free entry of a scientific instrument. They noted 
that the instrument will be used at a show/demonstration. As noted in 
the regulations at section 301.4(a)(3), in order for an application to 
be considered within the scope of the Act and the regulations, the 
instrument or apparatus must be for the exclusive use of the applicant 
institution and is not intended to be used for commercial purposes. For 
the purposes of this section, commercial uses would include the use of 
the instrument for demonstration purposes in return for a fee.
Therefore, the Department of Commerce has discontinued the processing 
of this application, in accordance with section 301.5(g) of the 
regulations. See 15 CFR 301.5(g).

Gregory W. Campbell,
Acting Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-18786 Filed 7-29-10; 8:45 am]
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