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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: 94-064. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, Physics Department, Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: 
Superconducting Solenoid. Manufacturer: Atomimpex, CIS. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for the study of the properties of the pure 
electron plasmas which will be contained in a trap inserted into the 
solenoid. The primary experiments will use the analogy between pure 
electron plasmas and 2-d inviscid, incompressible fluids to study large 
number vortex dynamics. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: May 10, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-065. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 
South Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439. Instrument: Rapid Scanning Diode 
Array. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific Limited, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: This is an accessory to an existing instrument which will 
be used in the investigation of the chemical properties of new 
chelating agents for isolation, separation and recovery of heavy 
metals. In particular, the investigations focus on lanthanides, 
actinides, d-transition elements, and other toxic heavy metals, and 
their complexes. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 
10, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-066. Applicant: University of Rhode Island, 
Graduate School of Oceanography, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 
02882-1197. Instrument: Two Large Volume In-situ Pumps, with 
accessories Model C/4. Manufacturer: Challenger Oceanic Systems & 
Services, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instruments will be used to 
collect samples for analysis of trace metals, natural radionuclides and 
particulate matter in seawater during oceanographic research cruises. 
In addition, the instruments will be used in part of the course 
``Marine Particles'' which deals with the role of particles in various 
ocean processes and techniques for collecting particles in seawater. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 10, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-067. Applicant: United States Geological Survey, 
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, VA 22092. Instrument: Mass 
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Mass Analyzer Products, Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to perform 
geochronologic investigations (age determination of rocks and minerals 
by methods including natural radioactive decay) using the 40Ar/
39Ar method. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 
12, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-068. Applicant: University of Illinois at 
Chicago, Psychology Department, 1007 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL 
60607-7137. Instrument: Monocular Oculometer for the Human Eye. 
Manufacturer: Devices for Movement Measurements, Germany. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to analyze eye movements and provide 
valuable new data in an extended research project entitled The Effect 
of Word Frequency During Two Readings of a Text and another study 
focussing on clarification of the role of meaning and context in text 
comprehension. In addition the instrument will be used by students 
enrolled in courses that provide research experience at both the 
undergraduate and graduate levels. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: May 18, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-069. Applicant: University of Hawaii, SOEST 
Engineering Support Facility, 2525 Correa Road, Rm 153, Honolulu, HI 
96822. Instrument: Nitrogen Liquefier, Model MNP 10/1/300. 
Manufacturer: Stirling Cryogenics and Refrigeration, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to supply liquid nitrogen 
used to provide cryogenic cooling for a variety of scientific 
instruments including mass spectrometer, nuclear magnetic resonance 
spectrometer, mapping infrared spectrometer, refrigerators for 
biological samples, X-ray fluorescence microscopes, high vacuum cold 
traps and other instruments which are used in many different research 
programs. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 19, 
1994.
    Docket Number: 94-071. Applicant: University of Arkansas for 
Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, 4301 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 
72205-7122. Instrument: Rapid Kinetics Accessory, Model SFA-20. 
Manufacturer: Hi Tech Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study the reduction of a series of 
nitroaromatic compounds using several bacterial and mammalian 
nitroreductases. The kinetic constants Km and Kcat will be 
determined. In addition, the instrument will be used in the course 
Biopharm 3223 Pharmaceutical Analysis a study of the general chemical 
and biochemical procedures, techniques and instrumentation involved in 
quantitative and qualitative analysis. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 20, 1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
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