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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 part 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 15 CFR 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: 94-097. Applicant: University of Vermont, Purchasing 
Department (for Cardiology), Waterman Building, Burlington, VT 05405. 
Instrument: Cardiac Monitor, Model Leycom Sigma 5-DF. Manufacturer: 
Cardio Dynamics, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to measure left ventricular heart chamber volume changes during 
the study of heart performance in research animals. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 28, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-098. Applicant: University of Georgia, Cedar 
Street, Athens, GA 30602-2556. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 
API-1. Manufacturer: PE Sciex, Canada. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to measure the molecular weight of pure samples of 
peptides and proteins and the components of sample mixtures separated 
by on-line microbore high performance liquid chromatography. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 28, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-099. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
NIAID, Laboratory of Viral Diseases, 9000 Rockville Pike, Building 4, 
Room 229, Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Electron Microscope and 
Accessories, Model CM-100. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate aspects of the 
biology of vaccinia virus including virus replication and assembly. 
This work will entail the use of cell and virus samples which have been 
fixed and stained using a variety of techniques. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: August 1, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-100. Applicant: University of Massachusetts 
Dartmouth, Department of Chemistry, N. Dartmouth, MA 02747. Instrument: 
Pneumatic Drive Accessory for stopped-flow kinetics apparatus, Model 
Opt.12P. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for the study of the halogen oxidation 
of uric acid, allantoin and other metabolic waste products. 
Specifically, the research will involve studying the mechanistic 
processes and rates of the reactions of chlorine and iodine with uric 
acid and other similar compounds. In addition, the instrument will be 
used in course Physical Chemistry Laboratory II in experiments designed 
to introduce students to the techniques for the study of rates of very 
fast chemical reactions. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: August 2, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-101. Applicant: Stanford University, CMR, 105 
McCullough, Stanford, CA 94306. Instrument: Reflection High Energy 
Electron Diffraction System, Model EK-2035-R. Manufacturer: Staib 
Instrumente, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for in 
situ surface investigation of thin film processes, indicating whether 
the film growth is crystalline, what crystal structure is formed and 
whether surface reconstruction occurs. It will also be used to 
determine the film thickness in situ in the nanometer range. The 
materials are oxides which require elevated oxygen partial pressures 
(10-2mbar) in the growth chamber and the use of electrically 
insulating oxide substrates. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: August 4, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-102. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute, 
10666 Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: NMR 
Spectrometer, Model Avance DMX750. Manufacturer: Bruker, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the structure, 
dynamics and interactions of biomolecules such as proteins and nucleic 
acids. Investigations of several proteins and oligonucleotides in 
progress address fundamental biophysical questions related to various 
aspects of protein and nucleic acid structure, dynamics and function. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 4, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-103. Applicant: North Carolina State University, 
Campus Box 7212, Raleigh, NC 27695-7212. Instrument: Digital Oxygen 
Electrode. Manufacturer: Rank Brothers Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to measure oxygen uptake in plant 
tissue, plant mitochondria, intact plant organelle and E. coli. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 4, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-104. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. Instrument: Imaging Plate X-ray Detector for 
Protein Crystallography. Manufacturer: Mar Research, Germany. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to collect data at very high 
resolution (1.0-1.2A) from small protein crystals. The aim of this 
system is to collect data to solve the three-dimensional structure of 
proteins or enzymes using X-ray diffraction methods at very high 
resolution. In addition, the instrument will be used on a one-to-one 
basis in the training of graduate students. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: August 31, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-105. Applicant: National Institute for Arthritis 
and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Building 6, Room 425, Bethesda, 
MD 20892-2755. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 120. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to perform cryoelectron microscopy of biological 
macromolecules and supramolecular assemblies, including native virus 
particles, their components, and related sub-viral assemblies. The 
studies will include analysis of capsid structures of herpes simplex 
virus type 1, the archetypal herpes virus; the L-A virus of yeast; 
bacteriophages HK97 and T4; and hepatitis B virus nucleocapsids. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 31, 1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-24142 Filed 9-28-94; 8:45 am]
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