[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 7, 1994)]
[Unknown Section]
[Page 0]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13808]


[[Page Unknown]]

[Federal Register: June 7, 1994]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------


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: 94-051. Applicant: University of Maryland, Institute 
for Plasma Research, College Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Glass Tubes 
with Coated Tin Oxide Thin Film Inside. Manufacturer: Beijing Vacuum 
Electronics Institute, China. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for studies of a glass tube coated with thin film of resistive material 
inside. An electron beam passing through such a tube is subject to 
longitudinal instability. The instrument measures the spacial growth 
rate of the instability and allows study of the beam quality 
deterioration. In addition, the instrument will be used in the course 
``Theory and Design of Charged Particle Beams'' to train Ph.D's. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 19, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-052. Applicant: The University of Texas Health 
Science Center, Medical School Building, 6431 Fannin Street, Houston, 
TX 77030. Instrument: Manipulators, Ball Joints, and Magnetic Stands. 
Manufacturer: Narishige, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for studies of the marine mollusc, Tritonia diomedea. During these 
studies: (1) the clamps will be used for positioning of a fiber optic 
light source and positioning a meta barrier between microelectrodes, 
(2) the ball joints will be used to hold a suction apparatus and hold a 
fine thermistor for measurement of the bath temperature and (3) the 
magnetic bases will be used for securing the clamps. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 19, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-053. Applicant: University of Alabama at 
Birmingham, 1675 University Blvd., Birmingham, AL 35249. Instrument: 
Mass Spectrometer, Model Optima. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to analyze 
biological samples for deuterium and oxygen-18 enrichment in 
experiments conducted to understand the role of energy expenditure and 
physical activity in weight gain using several models of weight gain. 
The instrument will also be used for educational purposes by training 
Ph.D students, postdoctoral research fellows, clinical nutrition 
fellows, and other faculty in the techniques of isotope ratio mass 
spectrometry and doubly labeled water. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 19, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-058. Applicant: US EPA, EMSL Cincinnati, 26 
Martin Luther King Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45268. Instrument: Electrothermal 
Vaporization Unit and Interface Upgrade. Manufacturer: Fisons 
Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
to evaluate background or inherent metal concentrations in 
environmental samples (river, estuarine and open ocean), where it is 
difficult to access the impact of trace metal pollution because of the 
dilution. Experiments will focus on collecting data that will determine 
the appropriate analytical configuration to be used in determining the 
analyte for environmental monitoring. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 26, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-059. Applicant: Louisiana Tech University, 
Institute for Micromanufacturing, Corner of Arizona & College Street, 
Ruston, LA 71272. Instrument: Deep X-ray Lithography Scanner. 
Manufacturer: Jenotik, GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to study deep x-ray lithography using PMMA resists in order to 
develop the necessary processes for fabrication of microstructures 
using x-ray radiation. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
April 29, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-060. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: 
Triaxial Deformation Apparatus for testing rocks at high temperature 
and pressure. Manufacturer: Paterson Instruments Pty, Ltd., Australia. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for research in earth 
sciences for measuring a variety of physical properties in rocks 7-15 
mm in diameter, up to 40 mm in length, at 1400 deg.C and with confining 
pressures and pore fluid pressure independently maintained up to 700 
MPa. Specific research projects include:

(1) Quantitative Observation of the Micromechanics of the Brittle-
Ductile Transition in Rocks,

 (2) Brittle-Ductile Transition in Serpentinite and Peridotite Rocks,

 (3) Permeability Changes in Silicate Rocks,

 (4) Effects of Deformation on Ar Retention in Minerals and

 (5) Strength Variations Along Faults with Fluids.

.Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 29, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-061. Applicant: Saint Louis University, 
Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, 3507 Laclede Avenue, St. 
Louis, MO 63103. Instrument: Two Seismometers, Model STS-2. 
Manufacturer: G. Streckeisen, Switzerland. Intended Use: The 
instruments will be used for continuous monitoring of earthquake 
activity in the central United States and around the world. Experiments 
will be conducted to record earthquakes and to deduce from those 
recordings the source characteristics of those earthquakes and to study 
the properties of the earth through which seismic waves pass. In 
addition, the instruments will be used in the course GEO-A472: 
Seismological Instrumentation in which students will learn about the 
operation of seismograph systems in order to understand the data they 
produce. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 4, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-062. Applicant: Rutgers University, Marine 
Science Bldg., P.O. Box 231, Cook Campus, New Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231. 
Instrument: Fluorometer, Model Aquatracka. Manufacturer: Chelsea 
Instruments, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for spatial and temporal surveys of microscopic algae in the 
coastal waters off New Jersey. These surveys will then be related to 
human impact on these waters resulting from pollution and other 
lacerations of the ecosystem. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: May 4, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-063. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
California, Berkeley, Center for Environmental Design Research, 390 
Wurster Hall, Berkeley, Ca. 94720. Instrument: Segmented Thermal 
Manikin. Manufacturer: Thermal Insulation Laboratory, Denmark. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used in the study of energy, thermal 
comfort, and environmental control in buildings. There will be 
immediate use in two ongoing research projects investigating new energy 
efficient technologies and control strategies for maintaining 
comfortable and high quality indoor environments. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: May 9, 1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-13808 Filed 6-6-94; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-F