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[FR Doc No: 94-29108]


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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: 94-128. Applicant: Virginia State University, 
Agricultural Research Station, P.O. Box 9061, Petersburg, VA 23806. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 1210. Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for agricultural research 
(plants, animals, bacteria, viruses) on the ultrastructural level. 
Specimens will consist of normal and pathological conditions with the 
objective of elucidating morphological, physiological and genetic 
mechanisms. The research includes but is not limited to: (a) 
characterization of Vernonia seeds and the immunologicalization of 
lipid synthesis and storage sites at various stages of seed 
development, (b) localization of lipid storage sites in callus tissue 
of Vernonia galamensis using antibody-antigen reaction and IDnm gold 
particles, (c) ultrastructural and chemical composition of the stomates 
of pursalens under normal and high water-stress conditions. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for the training of agricultural 
graduate students on a one-to-one basis. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: October 26, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-130. Applicant: University of California, Irvine, 
Department Psychiatry & Human Behavior, 200 Public Services Building, 
Irvine, CA 92717-1650. Instrument: Positron Emission Tomography Camera 
System, Model GE 2048. Manufacturer: General Electric, Sweden. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for the study of schizophrenia, 
depression, Alzheimer's disease and other psychiatric illnesses in 
order to obtain a more detailed understanding of what brain regions are 
metabolically different in these conditions compared to normal 
controls. One of the major focuses will be on what subregions of the 
thalamus and basal ganglia are malfunctioning in schizophrenia and how 
do new experimental treatments affect these regions. There will also be 
a series of studies looking at dopamine presynaptic turnover as assed 
by FDOPA uptake. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
November 1, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-131. Applicant: University of Rhode Island, 
Graduate School of Oceanography, South Ferry Road, Narragansett, RI 
02882-1197. Instrument: 5-Sample Anticoincidence Multicounter System, 
Model GM-25-5. Manufacturer: Riso National Laboratory, Denmark. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to analyze samples for 
natural and artificial radionuclides in sea water, particulate matter 
and sediment samples in the laboratory during oceanographic research 
cruises. Experiments will involve collection of dissolved and 
particulate samples from seawater, purification in the laboratory, and 
analysis using the beta detector. The instrument will also be used in 
part of a course entitled ``Marine Particles'' which will deals with 
the role of particles in various ocean processes and techniques for 
determining particle transport rates in seawater. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: November 2, 1994.
Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 94-29108 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]
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