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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

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 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 Sec. 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 room 4211, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 93-149. Applicant: The George Washington University 
Medical Center, 2300 I Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037. Instrument: 
Mass Spectrometer, Model Delta S. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate just how much 
the range of applications have been expanded by evaluating a wide 
variety of compound classes. It is proposed that intact biological 
macromolecules can be analyzed for isotopic content directly by the 
CRI-IRMS. This will greatly improve analyses in biological systems 
where either 14C would have been a tracer or where the tedious 
sequence of hydrolysis followed by chromatographic separation and MS 
analysis of selected monomers would be required. Application Received 
by Commissioner of Customs: December 1, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-150. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, NE., Mailstop F17, Atlanta, GA 30341-
3724. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG AutoSpec. Manufacturer: 
VG Analytical, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for studies of extremely low levels of toxic organic compounds 
found in human serum to determine health effects associated with 
exposure to polychlorinated dibenzo dioxins/furnans, PCB's and 
polyaromatic hydrocarbons isolated from human serum. Application 
Received by Commissioner of Customs: December 9, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-151. Applicant: Smithsonian Environmental 
Research Center, P.O. Box 28, 647 Contees Wharf Road, Edgewater, MD 
21037. Instrument: Chlorophyll Fluorometer, Model PAM-101. 
Manufacturer: Heinz Walz, GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to study plant responses to light stress (visible and 
ultraviolet light), nutrient availability and changes in atmospheric 
carbon dioxide concentration. Measurements will be made using 
terrestrial plant communities at SERC, phytoplankton from the Rhode 
River and Chesapeake Bay, and greenhouse plants and algal cultures. 
Application Received by Commissioner of Customs: December 9, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-152. Applicant: Texas A&M University, Health and 
Kinesiology Department, College Station, TX 77843. Instrument: Muscle 
Research System, Model OPT1S. Manufacturer: Scientific Instruments, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in research to 
isolate mouse soleus and EDL muscle fibers and measure their force 
production upon exposure to varying concentrations of calcium. 
Application Received by Commissioner of Customs: December 9, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-153. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 990, Los Alamos, NM 87545. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: VG 
Instruments, Inc., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used in an experiment to investigate the chemical and physical factors 
related to migration of the Actinides in Bentonite salt deposits. 
Samples will be injected into the mass spectrometer and the 
spectrometer will separate each element on the basis of mass-to-charge 
ratios. The final results will give concentrations of each element in 
the original sample. Application Received by Commissioner of Customs: 
December 15, 1993.
Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-1264 Filed 1-18-94; 8:45 am]
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