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BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Dartmouth College, et al., Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications, for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments 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, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Suite 4100W, Franklin Court Building, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC. Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the United States. Docket Number: 05-047. Applicant: Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover, NH. Instrument: Magneto-optic Kerr Effect Microscope. Manufacturer: Durham Magneto Optics,Ltd., UK.

Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 72609, December 6, 2005. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 1. Variation of the magnetic field configuration both in time and according to the relative strength of the three directional components. 2. Laser spot size to the order of 1.5 to 2.0 m. 3. Ability to rotate the time-varying applied magnetic field relative to the incoming light. 4. Modification of the sensor optics to maximize the signal in order to handle a variety of sample shapes and thickness. 5.

Amenity to instruction of students. Advice received from: The National Institute of Standards and Technology. Docket Number: 05-055. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ. Instrument: Near-Field Optical Microscope integrated to Micro-Raman. Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging Ltd., Israel. Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 77145, December 29, 2005. Reasons: The foreign instrument is a compatible accessory which is designed to be directly integrated with the applicant's existing Renishaw micro-Raman system.

This microscope comes equipped with the Raman software module for the Renishaw Raman and CCD camera spectroscopy control and the Raman low-noise vibration isolation platform. The complete system will meet the applicant's requirements to characterize the chemical bonding and elastic strains in nanostructured materials. Advice received from: The National Institutes of Health. Docket Number: 05-061. Applicant: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Instrument: Application Specific Integrated Circuit.

Manufacturer: Ideas ASA, Norway. Intended Use: See notice at 71 FR 2024, January 12, 2006. Reasons: The foreign instrument is a compatible accessory for a unique 3-dimensional position sensitive CdZnTe semiconductor gamma-ray spectrometer. The article provides a multi-channel, charge-sensing amplifier with very low noise of about 300 electrons rms, for which three iterations have been developed in collaboration with Ideas ASA. The systems can get energy and 3-D position information for not only single-interaction events, but for multiple-interaction events by using electron drift times.

Excellent energy resolution for both single-interaction events (0.8% FWHM at 662 keV) and multiple-interaction events (1.3% FWHM at 662 keV)has been achieved. A new scalable detector array system, with plug-in electronics, is required for further development of the spectrometer. Development of an equivalent device from a different source would cause a significant delay in this project. Docket Number: 06-001. Applicant: Medical college of Georgia, Augusta, GA. Instrument: Micromanipulator System.

Manufacturer: Luigs & Neuman, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 71 FR 4895, January 30, 2006. Reasons: The foreign instrument is an ancillary device which provides micromanipulator staging and control that will be used to maneuver electrophysiology equipment, that requires precision in its location, which will be centered around a multi-photon confocal microscope. No known domestic manufacturers produce a micromanipulator system which is compatible with this equipment. Advice received from:

The National Institutes of Health. The capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above are pertinent to each applicant's intended use of it and we know of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in the United States which is of equivalent scientific value to any of the foreign instruments. Gerald A. Zerdy, Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff. [FR Doc. E6-2986 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Applications 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; 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 filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC. Docket Number: 05-059. Applicant: College of Staten Island, 2800 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314. Instrument: Plasma System. Manufacturer: Diener Electronic GmBh & Co., KG, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study and develop: 1. Nanotechnolgy with focused ion beams, including electronic properties of carbon nanowires direct written with nano-scaled ion beams on carbonaceous substrates 2. Micro- and nano-scale light emitting diodes on diamond, with the aim to develop single molecule and single photon electrically driven light sources operating at room temperature 3. Development of high-pressure, high-temperature diamond anvil cells with internally heated anvils for hydrothermal and and shear stress experiments. The instrument will also be used in courses on materials science.Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 20,2005. Docket Number: 06-002. Applicant: The University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, Dept. Of Chemistry, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 00680 Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010 Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for experimental studies including the characterization of gold and silver nanostructures, structure-property relations in semiconductor nanoparticles, nanowire formations and nanorods, structural fuel cell performance and the catalytic activity of Pt, Ru and Pt-Ru nanostructures, and the structure of functionalized organic-based nanofibers. The instrument will also be used in a variety of courses. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 20,2006. Docket Number: 06-003. Applicant: Oklahoma State University, 203 Whitehurst, Stillwater, OK 74048-3011. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2100F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for studies including: 1. Decomposed metal complexes at low temperatures which yield nanocrystalline products that are useful catalysts, electrode materials for batteries and supercapacitors, corrosion inhibitors, photovoltaics, and sorbants for pollutants. 2. Semiconducting nanoparticles (as small as 2 nm), single wall nanotubes and the electrical conductivity of either a semiconductor or a metal, depending on the diameter and helicity of the tube. 3. Virus-vector interactions in several important plant disease inducing viruses, that are vectored by fungi, for understanding emerging diseases in plants. It will also be used for graduate student training in electron microscopy. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 23, 2006. Docket Number: 06-004. Applicant: University of North Texas, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 3940 N. Elm, Research Park Room E132, Denton, TX 76203. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Nova 200 NanoLab. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in a central research facility for studies in materials science, chemistry, biology and physics. For example, in materials science and engineering, it will be used to study shape-memory metallic alloys, aluminum alloys for automotive uses, porous ceramic thin films and strained Si substrates for microelectronic devices, polymer nanocomposites, characterization of ion beam-solid interaction, optoelectronic thin films for solid state lighting and photovoltaic applications, and ceramic materials for low temperature solid oxide fuel cells. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 14, 2006. Docket Number: 06-005. Applicant: University of Maryland, Materials Science and Engineering Department, Kim Building, Room 1237, College Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2100F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to characterize nanomaterials and nanocomposites at the atomic level. These include semiconductor nanostructures, polymeric materials, metal nanoparticles, ferroelectric/ferromagnetic oxide nanocomposites and semiconductor nanowires. Properties of materials examined include crystal structure and quality of material, structural defects, and morphology using techniques of electron diffraction, high resolution lattice imaging, bright/dark field imaging and obtaining electron diffraction patterns and images of areas as small as a few nanometers in diameter. The instrument will also be used in courses and for conducting individual graduate research projects. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 8, 2006. Gerald A. Zerdy, Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff. [FR Doc. E6-2988 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Villanova 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, 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Suite 4100W, Franklin Court Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC. Docket Number: 05-058. Applicant: Villanova University, Villanova, Pa. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7600-2 TEM. Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., Japan Intended Use: See notice at 71 FR 4895, January 30, 2006. Order Date: February 23, 2005. Docket Number: 05-062. Applicant: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, TX. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2200FS. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.Intended Use: See notice at 71 FR 2024, January 12, 2006. Order Date: February 23, 2005. 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 a conventional transmission electron microscope

(CTEM)and is intended for research or scientific educational uses requiring a CTEM. We know of no CTEM, or any other instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured in the United States either at the time of order of each instrument OR at the time of receipt of application by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Gerald A. Zerdy, Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff. [FR Doc. E6-2987 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-427-603] Final Results of Full Sunset Review: Brass Sheet and Strip from France AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On April 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (“the Department”) initiated a sunset review of the countervailing duty order (“CVD”) on brass sheet and strip from France pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Act”). On the basis of a notice of intent to participate and an adequate substantive response filed on behalf of the domestic interested parties and an adequate response from respondent interested parties, the Department determined to conduct a full sunset review of this CVD order pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(2). As a result of this sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the CVD order would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy. Therefore, the Department is revoking this CVD order. EFFECTIVE DATE: March 2, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown or David Goldberger, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone:

(202)482-2849 or

(202)482-4136, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On April 1, 2005, the Department initiated a sunset review of the CVD order on brass sheet and strip from France pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act. *See Notice of Initiation of Five-Year (“Sunset”) Reviews* , 70 FR 16800 (April 1, 2005). On October 25, 2005, the Department published the preliminary results of the full sunset review of the instant order. *See Preliminary Results of Full Sunset Review: Brass Sheet and Strip from France* , 70 FR 61604 (October 25, 2005). Interested parties were invited to comment on our preliminary results. On December 7, 2005, we received case briefs from the Government of France and the European Union. On December 12, 2005, we received rebuttal briefs from domestic interested parties. Scope of the Order The merchandise subject to the CVD order is coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse wound), and cut-to-length brass sheet and strip (not leaded or tinned) from France. The subject merchandise has, regardless of width, a solid rectangular cross section over 0.0006 inches (0.15 millimeters) through 0.1888 inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished thickness or gauge. The chemical composition of the covered products is defined in the Copper Development Association (“C.D.A.”) 200 Series or the Unified Numbering System (“U.N.S.”) C2000; this order does not cover products with chemical compositions that are defined by anything other than C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. The merchandise is currently classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule (“HTS”) item numbers 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00. The HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written description remains dispositive. Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum (“Decision Memorandum”) from Stephen J. Claeys, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, to David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, dated February 22, 2006, which is hereby adopted by this notice. Parties can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in this review and the corresponding recommendation in this public memorandum which is on file in the Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The paper copy and electronic version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Final Results of Review and Revocation The Department determines that revocation of the CVD order would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy. As a result, we are revoking this order, effective May 1, 2005, the fifth anniversary of the date of publication in the **Federal Register** of the notice of continuation ( *see* 65 FR 25304 (May 1, 2000)). We will notify the International Trade Commission of these results. Furthermore, we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to terminate suspension of liquidation, effective May 1, 2005. Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (“APO”) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: February 22, 2006. David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration. [FR Doc. E6-2926 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration The Manufacturing Council: Meeting of the Manufacturing Council AGENCY: International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. SUMMARY: The Manufacturing Council will hold a full Council meeting to discuss topics related to the state of manufacturing. The Manufacturing Council is a Secretarial Board at the Department of Commerce, established to ensure regular communication between Government and the manufacturing sector. This will be the fifth meeting of The Manufacturing Council. For information about the Council, please visit its Web site at: *http://www.manufacturing.gov/council.* DATES: March 22, 2006. Time: 10:30 a.m. ADDRESSES: Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, Illinois. This program is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be submitted no later than March 15, 2006, to The Manufacturing Council, Room 4043, Washington, DC 20230. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Manufacturing Council Executive Secretariat, Room 4043, Washington, DC 20230 (Phone: 202-482-1369). Interested parties are encouraged to visit The Manufacturing Council Web site *(http://www.manufacturing.gov/council)* for the most up-to-date information about the meeting agenda and the Council. Please RSVP to the Executive Secretariat or *sam.giller@mail.doc.gov* if you plan to attend. This meeting is open to the public, however for entry to Convention Center, advance notification is requested. Dated: February 24, 2006. Sam Giller, Executive Secretary, The Manufacturing Council. [FR Doc. E6-2946 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR [Docket No. 990813222-0035-03] RIN 0625-AA55 Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for Calendar Year 2006 Among Watch Producers Located in the United States Virgin Islands AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce; Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: This action allocates calendar year 2006 duty exemptions for watch producers located in the Virgin Islands pursuant to Pub. L. 97-446, as amended by Pub. L. 103-465, Pub. L 106-36 and Pub. L. 108-429 (“the Act”). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faye Robinson,

(202)482-3526. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Act, the Departments of the Interior and Commerce (the Departments) share responsibility for the allocation of duty exemptions among watch assembly firms in the United States insular possessions and the Northern Mariana Islands. In accordance with Section 303.3(a) of the regulations (15 CFR 303.3(a)), the total quantity of duty-free insular watches and watch movements for calendar year 2006 is 1,866,000 units for the Virgin Islands (65 FR 8048, February 17, 2000). The criteria for the calculation of the calendar year 2006 duty-exemption allocations among insular producers are set forth in Section 303.14 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.14). The Departments have verified and adjusted the data submitted on application form ITA-334P by Virgin Islands producers and inspected their current operations in accordance with Section 303.5 of the regulations (15 CFR 303.5). In calendar year 2005 the Virgin Islands watch assembly firms shipped 266,607 watches and watch movements into the customs territory of the United States under the Act. The dollar amount of creditable corporate income taxes paid by Virgin Islands producers during calendar year 2005 plus the creditable wages paid by the industry during calendar year 2005 to residents of the territory was $2,079,543. There are no producers in Guam, American Samoa or the Northern Mariana Islands. The calendar year 2006 Virgin Islands annual allocations, based on the data verified by the Departments, are as follows: Name of firm Annual allocation Belair Quartz, Inc 500,000 Hampden Watch Co., Inc 200,000 Goldex Inc 50,000 Tropex, Inc 300,000 The balance of the units allocated to the Virgin Islands is available for new entrants into the program or producers who request a supplement to their allocation. Joseph A. Spetrini, Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Department of Commerce. Nikolao Pula, Director for Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior. [FR Doc. 06-1967 Filed 3-1-06; 8:45 am]

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