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[FR Doc No: 94-15332]


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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS
 

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: 94-070. Applicant: University of Denver, Colorado 
Seminary, 2199 South University Blvd., Denver, CO 80208. Instrument: 
EPR Spectrometer Upgrade. Manufacturer: Bruker Analytische 
Messentechnik GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
to provide upgraded CW EPR performance and pulsed EPR capability to 
support studies of the following:

 1) the interaction between paramagnetic metals and spin labels,

 2) the role of free radicals in Alzheimer's disease and in mechanisms 
of myocardial reperfusion injury,

 3) the environments of metal ions in metalloproteins,

 4) distinguishing weakly coordinated ligands from ion pairs,

 5) the active site of T7 RNA polymerase,

 6) the role of radicals in the reactivity of soot and

 7) protein folding.
    Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 25, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-072. Applicant: University of Florida, Department 
of Chemistry, 127 CRB, Gainesville, FL 32611-2046. Instrument: Laser 
Ablation System for ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model System 266. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan, United Kingdom. Intended Use: This device is a 
sample introduction accessory to an existing ICP mass spectrometer that 
will be used to vaporize small samples of ceramic bearing materials for 
subsequent analysis by the mass spectrometer. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 23, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-073. Applicant: The Regents of the University of 
California, Riverside, Material Management, Riverside, CA 92521. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT 900. Manufacturer: Finnigan 
MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to carry out 
the following research projects:

 1) Spectroscopy of Linear Polyenes,

 2) Establishing Structure/Functional Relationships in a Cytostatic 
Protein Kinase,

 3) Analogies Between Enzyme Active Sites and Receptor Sites,

 4) Development of New Membrane-Based Analytical Methods,

 5) Synthetic and Mechanistic Organic Chemistry, and

 6) Organic Electrical Conductors.
    Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 24, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-074. Applicant: University of California, 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 
94551. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments/
VG Isotech, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
to prepare gaseous samples and measure isotope ratios of low atomic 
weight chemical elements in gaseous chemical compounds in experiments 
that include, but are not limited to the following:

 1) determining water residence times, transport and dispersion rates 
in aquifers;

 2) determining common origins for chemicals and illegal drugs;

 3) developing stable isotope tracers for environmental 
characterization and remediation projects and biomedical studies; and

 4) determining atmospheric residence times, transport, reaction and 
dispersion rates of major and trace chemical species.
    Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 25, 1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-15332 Filed 6-22-94; 8:45 am]
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