[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 213 (Thursday, November 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67949-67950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-27887]


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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

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be postmarked on or before November 24, 2010. 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 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Room 3720.
    Docket Number: 10-064. Applicant: The University of Texas at 
Austin, Center for Electromechanics, Pickle Research Campus 10100 
Burnet Road, Bldg. 133, Austin, Texas 78758-4497. Instrument: Hexapod 
Actuators. Manufacturer: ADS International, S.r.l., Italy. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope for the 
study of ``Dark Energy.'' The instrument is unique because of its 
ability to achieve the desired accuracy of +/- 2 microns, the stiffness 
of 400 N/micron, the end mounts ability to rotate up to +/- 20 degrees 
in two axes and a stiffness of 250 N/micron, is actively cooled, and is 
able to generate 30kN of continuous force for extended periods of time. 
Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same 
general category being manufactured in the United States. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 20, 2010.

    Dated: October 29, 2010.
Gregory Campbell,
Acting Director, IA Subsidies Enforcement Office.
[FR Doc. 2010-27887 Filed 11-3-10; 8:45 am]
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