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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: 94-081. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 
Department of Mechanical Engineering, 111 Church Street, SE, 
Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Fabry-Perot Interferometer System. 
Manufacturer: JRS Instruments, Switzerland. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used as part of a laser scattering system to obtain 
plasma jet temperature and velocity distributions with emphasis on the 
effects of entrainment of surrounding gases. Experiments will involve 
line shape analysis of the scattered laser light from the plasma jets 
at various plasma operating conditions, for obtaining heavy particle 
and electron temperatures and plasma jet velocity with adequate spatial 
and temporal resolution. In addition, the instrument will be used in 
the courses ``Introduction to Plasma Technology'' and ``Plasma-Aided 
Manufacturing,'' with the objectives of introducing fundamentals of 
various plasma
processes and enhancing the awareness of importance of plasma 
technology in advanced materials processing and various industrial 
applications. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 14, 
1994.
    Docket Number: 94-082. Applicant: National Jewish Center for 
Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, 1400 Jackson Street, Denver, CO 
80206. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer System, Model API III ``Plus.'' 
Manufacturer: Perkin-Elmer Sciex Instruments, Canada. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for conducting the following studies: (a) 
structure elucidation of metabolites of arachidonic acid from the 5-
lipoxygenase, epoxygenase, cyclooxygenase, and autooxidation pathways, 
(b) peptide sequencing of portions of proteins isolated from in vitro 
experimentation and synthesized using molecular biology techniques, (c) 
quantitative analysis of leukotrienes and leukotriene metabolites by 
HPLC/MS/MS and (d) quantitative analysis of platelet activating factor 
(1-O-hexadecyl-2-acetyl-3-glycerophosphocholine. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: June 20, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-083. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 Wright Street, 207 Henry 
Administration Bldg, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Biological Monitor, 
Model MOSSELMONITOR. Manufacturer: Delta Consult, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to provide continuous 
analysis of organism response during proposed research with the 
objective of developing methods to perform in situ measurement and 
analysis of episodic event toxicity associated with stormwater flows. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 29, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-084. Applicant: University of Illinois at 
Chicago, Center of Molecular Biology of Oral Diseases, School of 
Dentistry, 801 S. Paulina St., Chicago, IL 60612. Instrument: Stopped 
Flow Spectrofluorimeter, Model SX-17MV. Manufacturer: Applied 
Photophysics Limited, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to study the rates of interaction of proteins of mammalian 
blood coagulation and fibrinolysis systems with each other and with 
protein and polysaccharide modifiers of their biologic activity. The 
immediate studies will examine the interactions of the blood 
coagulation protein inhibitor omission and with the natural 
polysaccharide, heparin, which activates the inhibitor. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 29, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-087. Applicant: University of Maryland, School of 
Medicine, 655W Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Instrument: 
Robotic Micromanipulator System. Manufacturer: Scientific Precision 
Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
studies of rat hippocampal neurons, either acutely dissociated or 
tissue-cultured. Experiments will consist of studies of whole-cell or 
single channel patch clamp recordings of transmitter-gated receptor 
activity in hippocampal brain cells. The aim of the experiments is to 
identify the location on the cell of these various subtypes of 
receptors. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 7, 
1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-18446 Filed 7-27-94; 8:45 am]
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