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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: 94-106. Applicant: Texas A&M Research Foundation, 
Box 3578, University Drive & Wellborn Road, College Station, TX 77843-
3578. Instrument: Two Fluorometers and Accessories, Model AquatrackA MK 
III. Manufacturer: Chelsea Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instruments will be used to measure chlorophyll-a (produced by 
phytoplankton) in order to distinguish the percentage of water 
turbidity caused by phytoplankton from turbidity caused by inorganic 
suspended sediment. One instrument will be deployed on a fixed platform 
in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas and automatically collect data at 
selected time intervals. The second instrument will be deployed on a 
boat which will profile the water column at selected locations. The 
data collected will be stored on computers and analyzed for periodic 
variability in chlorophyll-a content of the bay water. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 9, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-107. Applicant: Brigham Young University, 
Purchasing Department, C-144 ASB, Provo, UT 85602. Instrument: Excimer-
Pumped Laser System. Manufacturer: Lambda-Physik, Germany. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to determine elemental concentration 
in a wide range of materials, including inorganic compounds and high 
molecular weight organic molecules. It will also be used in the 
fundamental characterization of analytically useful plasmas and in 
studies of supersonically cooled molecules and molecules on surfaces. 
In addition, the instruments will be used in undergraduate and graduate 
research courses in chemistry giving students hands-on training with 
significant research problems. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: September 13, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-108. Applicant: Arizona State University, 
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85387-1504. 
Instrument: Toroidal Electrostatic Analyzer. Manufacturer: High Voltage 
Engineering Europa, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used for studies of crystalline semiconductors and metals in bulk 
form and in thin film form to determine the precise location and 
identity of atoms at or very near the surface. In addition, the 
instrument will be used to train graduate students in state-of the-art 
ion beam analysis techniques. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: September 15, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-109. Applicant: Medical College of Pennsylvania, 
Anatomy & Neurobiology Department, 3200 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 
19129. Instrument: High Intensity Xenon Flashlamp System, Model HF-10. 
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies of fundamental properties of the 
regulation of stimulu-secretion coupling for neurotransmitters in 
living single isolated cells and nerve terminals. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: September 15, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-110. Applicant: Dartmouth College, Department of 
Earth Sciences, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755. Instrument: Mass 
Spectrometer, Model MAT 252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for analyzing oxygen and 
carbon isotopes of rocks and minerals, plants and animals, and waters 
for geological, biological and environmental studies. The research will 
include the following: ecosystem research, low temperature 
geochemistry, high temperature geochemistry, and impact geochemistry. 
In addition, the instrument will be used in both undergraduate and 
graduate level courses to introduce students to the concepts of isotope 
geochemistry. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
September 22, 1994.
Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 94-25632 Filed 10-14-94; 8:45 am]
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