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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 Subsections 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 Numbers: 93-157 and 94-003. Applicant: The Ohio State 
University, 2041 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Models CM200 FEG and CM200 LaB6. Manufacturer: N.V. 
Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instruments will be used 
for general morphological and structural studies of ceramics and 
metals, including high temperature superconductors, high temperature 
metal alloys, evaporated metallic thin films, silicon bicrystals, soils 
and geological minerals, polymers and possibly some biological samples. 
In addition, the instruments will be used for microscopy classes and 
individual training of faculty, staff and students. Applications 
Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-001. Applicant: USDA-Agricultural Research 
Service, IAREC, Rt. 2, Box 2953-A, Prosser, WA 99350. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for research studies of 
viruses that infect plants, primarily agricultural crops. Daily uses 
include examination of virus particles during and after purification of 
the virus, and examination for the presence of virus particles in sap 
from plants exhibiting disease symptoms. In addition, the instrument 
will be used to train students to use appropriate methods in virus 
disease diagnosis and to demonstrate techniques in virus 
characterization in a course in applied plant virology. Application 
Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 7, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-002. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, 207 Henry 
Administration Building, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: ELISA Juice 
Extraction Presses w/Electronic Buffer Units. Manufacturer: Erich 
Pollahne, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
studies of extracted plant sap to identify virus. Application Received 
by Commissioner of Customs: January 7, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-004. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
California, Berkeley, 239 Hildebrand Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720. 
Instrument: X-Y Scanning Unit; Upgrade to Brewster Angle Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Nanofilm Technologie, Inc., Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to upgrade a BAM instrument currently being 
used to study the structure of mono-molecular films at the air/water 
interface. Application Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 
1994.
    Docket Number: 94-005. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State 
University, Materials Research Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2000EXII/SEG/DP/DP. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to perform in-situ gas solid studies to examine the properties of 
a number of carbonaceous materials, both fibres and thin films. In 
addition, very fundamental studies will be performed on the behavior of 
specimens as they undergo reaction. Application Received by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-006. Applicant: California Institute of 
Technology, 1201 E. California Boulevard, (Mail Code 170-25), Pasadena, 
CA 91125. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 215-50. Manufacturer: 
Mass Analyser Products, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for high precision analysis of isotopic and 
elemental abundances of He, Ne, Kr, Ar, and Xe in geological materials 
(rocks and minerals from various localities). Application Received by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-007. Applicant: Occidental College, Department of 
Chemistry, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041. Instrument: Multi-
Mixing Rapid Kinetics Accessory with Pneumatic Attachment, Model SFA-
12MX. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to measure the reaction between NADPH and 6-
phosphogluconate lactone catalyzed by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase 
isolated from human erythrocytes. Application Received by Commissioner 
of Customs: January 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-008. Applicant: University of Florida, Department 
of Chemistry, P.O. Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200. Instrument: 
Electrothermal Vaporization Source. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to vaporize small 
volume samples (composed of various elements) for subsequent transport 
and detection by two-step laser enhanced ionization spectrometry in a 
unique mini-flame laser enhanced ionization detector. Application 
Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 26, 1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-3276 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]
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