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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: 94-111. Applicant: City University of New York, The 
College of Staten Island, 2300 Victory Blvd., Staten Island, NY 10314. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM100. Manufacturer: NV Philips, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies 
of (a) gonad and pituitary tissue of marine fish - sex reversal; (b) 
early embryonic tissue - cell migration studies, (c) cancer cell 
cultures - efficacy of new agents and (d) other biological specimens. 
In addition, the instrument will be used in various biology courses to 
train undergraduate student in electron microscopy techniques. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 22, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-112. Applicant: Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, 4801 E. Linwood Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64128. 
Instrument: Microvolume Stopped Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.17MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for experiments which involve multiwave 
transients state measurements of the reaction time courses of enzyme 
catalyzed reactions at varying pH and temperature. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: September 22, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-113. Applicant:  University of Colorado, Howard 
Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, 
Campus Box 215, Boulder, CO 80309. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 
API III. Manufacturer: Perkin-Elmer Sciex Instruments, Canada. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for the following studies: (a) 
analysis of proteins present in cellular organelles, such as ribosomes, 
nucleosomes, splicesomes, and proteosomes, (b) peptide sequencing of 
portions of proteins isolated from in vitro experimentation and 
synthesized using molecular biology techniques, and (c) deuterium 
exchange experiments to detect altered secondary and tertiary structure 
of proteins. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 
23, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-114. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana, 
IL 61801. Instrument: Aqua-Tox-Control-Daphnia Monitor. Manufacturer: 
Kerre Umwelt Technik GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used in proposed research involving the development of methods to 
perform in situ measurement and analysis of episodic event toxicity 
associated with stormwater flows. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: September 22, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-115. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
School of Medicine, Department of Human Physiology, Davis, CA 95616. 
Instrument: High Intensity Xenon Flashlamp System, Model XF-10. 
Manufacturer: Optoelehtronik, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to ``uncage'' caged-compounds in studies of the mechanism 
of hormone secretion in single endocrine cells. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: September 23, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-116. Applicant: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 
Superior Street and Fairbanks Ct., Wesley Pavilion, Chicago, IL 60611. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 120. Manufacturer: Philips 
Electronic Instruments, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for a thorough examination of tissue specimens during 
various morphometric analyses, immunocytochemical, autoradiographic and 
in situ hybridization molecular biology techniques. In addition, the 
instrument will be used for training in the pathology residency 
program. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 23, 
1994.
    Docket Number: 94-117. Applicant: University Medical Center, 655 
West 26th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model CM 100. Manufacturer: Philips Electron Instruments, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in clinical 
research involving the study of certain tumors and renal diseases and 
in basic research involving experimental studies which might include 
any experiment where basic morphological alterations must be studied at 
the ultrastructural level. In addition, the instrument will be used to 
teach Basic Electron Microscopy on a one-to-one basis to pathology 
residents and residents from other medical sub-specialities. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 26, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-118. Applicant: University of Colorado at 
Boulder, Department of Buying and Contracting, 1B29 Regent 
Administration Center, Boulder, CO 80309. Instrument: Microvolume 
Stopped-flow Spectrometer, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied 
Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for studies of pre-steady state kinetics of enzymic reactions and 
measurements of rate of constants on the millisecond time scale for 
chemical reactions. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
September 26, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-119. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 
One Baylor Plaza, Room T 64, Houston, TX 77030. Instrument: X-Ray 
Diffraction Image Processor, Model DIP-2030. Manufacturer: Mac Science 
Co., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies 
of biological macromolecules, especially proteins and polynucleotides 
or DNA, the two most important components of all living cells. The 
experiments to be conducted involve the determination of the three-
dimensional atomic structures of proteins, enzymes, and DNA by the 
technique of x-ray crystallography. The instrument will also be used 
for educational purposes in the courses Biochemistry 310-435 Special 
Projects and Research. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
September 28, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-120. Applicant: Northern Illinois University, 
Department of Chemistry, DeKalb, IL 60115. Instrument: Microvolume 
Stopped-Flow Spectrofluorimeter, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied 
Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for the investigation of the chemical reactivity of heme proteins 
including their reactions with oxidizing agents such as 
ferrocyotochrome c and fe(II) and Co(II) complexes, the electron 
transfer reactions, and their reactions with small ligands such as 
fluoride, cyanide, azide, and other nitrogen containing materials. In 
addition, the instrument will be used in three research courses in 
chemistry to provide excellent training for students in performing 
independent research projects. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: September 28, 1994.
Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 94-26051 Filed 10-19-94; 8:45 am]
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