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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, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 94-009. Applicant: LSU and A&M College, c/o IRM, 
1419 CEBA Bldg., Baton Rouge, LA 70803. Instrument: Pavement Materials 
Testing Apparatus. Manufacturer: Industrial Process Controls Ltd., 
Australia. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the 
behavior of soil, rock, industrial by-products and recycled 
construction materials under repeated loading. In addition, the 
instrument will be used in post graduate level civil engineering 
courses in the Transportation Program to educate a new generation of 
transportation professionals to design, build and maintain vital 
facilities into the 21st century. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: March 24, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-037. Applicant: University of Delaware, College 
of Marine Studies, Robinson Hall, Room 114, Newark, DE 19716. 
Instrument: Used Mass Spectrometer, Model VG Prism Series II. 
Manufacturer: VG Isogas/Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used extensively for the analysis of the 
stable oxygen and carbon isotopic composition (18O/16O and 
13C/12C, respectively) of biogenic carbonates such as clam 
and scallop shells, foraminifera, and ostracodes to obtain data which 
will allow detailed interpretations of environmental conditions 
(temperature, salinity, carbon cycling) in the geologic past. Other 
uses include research on the physiological response of plants to water 
stress (i.e. drought conditions) and controlled experiments in a growth 
chamber fitted with a gas-permeable membrane to quantify the response 
of marine phytoplankton to variable nutrient and light conditions. In 
addition the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the 
course Stable Isotope Geochemistry (MAST 667). Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: March 29, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-039. Applicant: VA Medical Center (Atlanta), 1670 
Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model JEM 1210. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to generate and support research projects 
underway in the Research Service of the medical center. A variety of 
specimens including animal tissue samples, cell cultures and other 
materials will be studied. In addition, the instrument will be 
important in the training of medical and graduate students, resident 
physicians and fellows and staff. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: March 24, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-040. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Integrated Microscopy Resource, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706. 
Instrument: Laser System. Manufacturer: Microlase Optical Systems Ltd., 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used as a 
fluorescence excitation source for the study of the dynamics of the 
internal cellular architecture of living biological specimens in order 
to understand how the internal machinery of a cell functions during 
development. In addition, the instrument will be used in courses on 
advanced microscopy techniques for undergraduates, graduate students 
and visiting academic research workers. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: March 25, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-041. Applicant: The University of Michigan, 1150 
W. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0626. Instrument: Rapid 
Kinetic Spectrofluorimeter, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied 
Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for fluorescence studies of biological molecules present at low 
concentrations (nM). Experiments will be conducted to identify the 
mechanism of nucleotide binding to and activation of G proteins. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 28, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-042. Applicant: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Research & Development, P.O. Box 93478, Las Vegas, NV 
89193-3478. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model VG PlasmaQuad. 
Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies of synthetic and natural 
environmental samples (water, soils, plant materials, etc.). The 
materials, or extracts of the materials, will be injected into a liquid 
chromatograph that will be interfaced with the instrument. The 
extremely high sensitivity of the instrument should allow the detection 
of very small concentrations of individual chemical forms of trace 
metals. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 31, 
1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-9305 Filed 4-15-94; 8:45 am]
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