University of Minnesota, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments, 41800-41801 [2010-17535]

Download as PDF 41800 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 137 / Monday, July 19, 2010 / Notices register by contacting Evelyn Bohor of the Rocky Mountain Regional Office and TTY/TDD (303) 866–1049 by noon on August 2, 2010. Members of the public are entitled to submit written comments. The comments must be received in the regional office by September 5, 2010. The address is: U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, Rocky Mountain Regional Office, 1961 Stout Street, Suite 240, Denver, CO 80294. Comments may be emailed to ebohor@usccr.gov. Records generated by this meeting may be inspected and reproduced at the Rocky Mountain Regional Office, as they become available, both before and after the meeting. Persons interested in the work of this advisory committee are advised to go to the Commission’s Web site, https://www.usccr.gov, or to contact the Rocky Mountain Regional Office at the above e-mail or street address. The meeting will be conducted pursuant to the provisions of the rules and regulations of the Commission and FACA. Dated in Washington, DC, July 14, 2010. Peter Minarik, Acting Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit. [FR Doc. 2010–17532 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6335–01–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES Saint Louis University, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscopes This is a decision consolidated 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). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Docket Number: 10–019. Applicant: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO 63103. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Co., Czech Republic. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34096, June 16, 2010. Docket Number: 10–021. Applicant: South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, St. Rapid City, SD 57701. Instrument: Electron Microscope. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:24 Jul 16, 2010 Jkt 220001 Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010. Docket Number: 10–024. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–0851. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Co., the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010. Docket Number: 10–026. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892–0851. Instrument: Electron Microscope. Manufacturer: FEI Co., the Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such purposes as these instruments are intended to be used, was being manufactured in the United States at the time the instruments were ordered. Reasons: Each foreign instrument is an electron microscope and is intended for research or scientific educational uses requiring an electron microscope. We know of no electron microscope, or any other instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order of each instrument. Dated: July 13, 2010. Christopher Cassel, Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration. [FR Doc. 2010–17537 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration University of Minnesota, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications 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 Pub. L. 106–36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave, NW., Washington, DC. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 this is intended to be used, that were being manufactured in the United States at the time of its order. Docket Number: 10–025. Applicant: University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science), Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: High Pressure Oxygen Sputtering System. Manufacturer: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010. Reasons: A pertinent characteristic of this instrument is that the special design of the sputter sources and vacuum chamber/pumping system allows it to operate properly at pressures in excess of 1 Torr. It also is designed to work in pure oxygen and is capable us substrate heating to over 900 C in a high pressure such an environment. We know of no instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order of this instrument. Docket Number: 10–027. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: MultiView 400 SPM/ NSOM/Confocal Multi Probe System Probe and Sample Scanning Scan Head Assembly. Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging Ltd., Israel. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010. Reasons: A unique characteristic of this system is that it has dual scanning probe heads that are independently controlled, which enable illumination and detection with sub-wavelength spatial resolution. We know of no instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order of this instrument. Docket Number: 10–028. Applicant: Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Instrument: Infrared Mirror Furnace 4 Mirror Furnace. Manufacturer: Crystal Systems Corp., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010. Reasons: A unique characteristic of this furnace is that it can synthesize extremely high quality crystals without crucible contact during growth, which prevents contamination. The instrument also allows for visual monitoring of the crystals during its growth and nucleation and can achieve heating gradients greater than 1500 Celsius per centimeter. We know of no instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order of this instrument. E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 137 / Monday, July 19, 2010 / Notices 41801 Dated: July 13, 2010. Christopher Cassel, Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Foreign-Trade Zones Board International Trade Administration [FR Doc. 2010–17535 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] [Order No. 1693] (C–570–953) BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 163 Ponce, Puerto Rico, Area DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: Foreign-Trade Zones Board [Order No. 1692] Expansion of Foreign-Trade Zone 163, Ponce, Puerto Rico, Area Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order: jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES Whereas, CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 163, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand existing Site 1 to include additional acreage and to expand the zone to include a site at the ProCaribe Industrial Park (Site 11) in Penuelas, Puerto Rico, adjacent to the Ponce Customs and Border Protection port of entry (FTZ Docket 53–2009, filed 11/23/09); Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (74 FR 62747, 12/1/09) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations; and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendation of the examiner’s report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and Board’s regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest; Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders: The application to expand FTZ 163 is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including Section 400.28, and subject to a sunset provision that would terminate authority on June 30, 2015, for Site 11 if no activity has occurred under FTZ procedures before that date. Signed at Washington, DC, this 8 day of July 2010. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board. Whereas, CODEZOL, C.D., grantee of Foreign-Trade Zone 163, submitted an application to the Board for authority to expand its zone to include a site at the Yaucono Industrial Park (Site 12) in Ponce, Puerto Rico, within the Ponce Customs and Border Protection port of entry (FTZ Docket 17–2010, filed 3/8/ 10); Whereas, notice inviting public comment was given in the Federal Register (75 FR 12730–12731, 3/17/10) and the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations; and, Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendation of the examiner’s report (including the renumbering of Rio Piedras Distribution Center located within existing Site 3 as Site 13), and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and Board’s regulations are satisfied, and that the proposal is in the public interest; Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders: The application to expand FTZ 163 is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, including § 400.28, and subject to a sunset provision that would terminate authority on June 30, 2015, for Site 12 if no activity has occurred under FTZ procedures before that date. Signed at Washington, DC, this 8 day of July 2010. Ronald K. Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Alternate Chairman, ForeignTrade Zones Board. Attest: Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–17540 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Attest: Andrew McGilvray, Executive Secretary. [FR Doc. 2010–17542 Filed 7–16–10; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:24 Jul 16, 2010 Jkt 220001 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ‘‘Department’’) has determined that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge from the People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). For information on the estimated countervailing duty rates, please see the ‘‘Suspension of Liquidation’’ section, below. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 19, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Holland and Anna Flaaten, AD/ CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1279 and (202) 482–5156, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Period of Investigation The period for which we are measuring subsidies, or period of investigation, is January 1, 2008, through December 31, 2008. Case History The following events have occurred since the publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register on December 14, 2009. See Narrow Woven Ribbons with Woven Selvedge from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Countervailing Duty Determination with Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 74 FR 66090 (December 14, 2009) (‘‘Preliminary Determination’’). On December 16, 2009, the Department issued a supplemental questionnaire to the Government of China (‘‘GOC’’) which responded on January 6, 2010. From January 18, 2010, to January 20, 2010, the Department conducted verification of the questionnaire responses submitted by the GOC and mandatory respondent Yama Ribbons and Bows Co., Ltd. (‘‘Yama’’). See Memoranda from Scott Holland and Anna Flaaten, International Trade Analysts, to Susan H. Kuhbach, E:\FR\FM\19JYN1.SGM 19JYN1

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University of Minnesota, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision 
on Applications 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 Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). 
Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 
3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    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 its order.
    Docket Number: 10-025.
    Applicant: University of Minnesota, Department of Chemical 
Engineering and Materials Science), Minneapolis, MN 55455.
    Instrument: High Pressure Oxygen Sputtering System.
    Manufacturer: Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH, Germany.
    Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010.
    Reasons: A pertinent characteristic of this instrument is that the 
special design of the sputter sources and vacuum chamber/pumping system 
allows it to operate properly at pressures in excess of 1 Torr. It also 
is designed to work in pure oxygen and is capable us substrate heating 
to over 900 C in a high pressure such an environment. We know of no 
instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in 
the United States at the time of order of this instrument.
    Docket Number: 10-027.
    Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL 60439.
    Instrument: MultiView 400 SPM/NSOM/Confocal Multi Probe System 
Probe and Sample Scanning Scan Head Assembly.
    Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging Ltd., Israel.
    Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010.
    Reasons: A unique characteristic of this system is that it has dual 
scanning probe heads that are independently controlled, which enable 
illumination and detection with sub-wavelength spatial resolution. We 
know of no instrument suited to these purposes, which was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time of order of this 
instrument.
    Docket Number: 10-028.
    Applicant: Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467.
    Instrument: Infrared Mirror Furnace 4 Mirror Furnace.
    Manufacturer: Crystal Systems Corp., Japan.
    Intended Use: See notice at 75 FR 34095, June 16, 2010.
    Reasons: A unique characteristic of this furnace is that it can 
synthesize extremely high quality crystals without crucible contact 
during growth, which prevents contamination. The instrument also allows 
for visual monitoring of the crystals during its growth and nucleation 
and can achieve heating gradients greater than 1500 Celsius per 
centimeter. We know of no instrument suited to these purposes, which 
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of order of 
this instrument.


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    Dated: July 13, 2010.
Christopher Cassel,
Director, Subsidies Enforcement Office, Import Administration.
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