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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

 

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: 94-132. Applicant: The Regents of the University of 
California, Riverside, Material Management, Riverside, CA 92521. 
Instrument: Microvolume Stopped-Flow Spectroflourimeter, Model SX-17MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for research which involves several 
projects centered around the localization of the sites of binding of 
noncompetitive inhibitors and nicotinic agonists on the nicotinic 
acetylcholine receptor. These projects include: (a) an effort to 
determine where agonists bind and rapidly inhibit the acetylcholine 
receptor, (b) measuring the effects of various noncompetitive 
inhibitors on the time course of the changes in florescence of a set of 
novel fluorescent nicotinic agonists that have been synthesized, (c) 
measuring the distance between the surface of the lipid membrane and 
the sites of binding of the noncompetitive inhibitors as the lumen of 
the receptor opens. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
November 8, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-133. Applicant: Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, Water Street, Woods Hole, MA 02543. Instrument: Multi 
Sensor Core Logger. Manufacturer: GEOTEK, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used as a research tool for studying the 
physical properties of intact ocean floor sediment samples. The 
instrument will allow investigators to quickly produce down core 
stratigraphies that will closely reflect traditional but much more 
consuming geochemical measurements. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: November 8, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-071R. Applicant: University of Arkansas for 
Medical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, 4301 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 
72205-7122. Instrument: Rapid Kinetics Accessory, Model SFA-20. 
Manufacturer: Hi Tech Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: Original 
notice of this resubmitted application was published in the FEDERAL 
REGISTER of June 17, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-134. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
750 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Heating and 
Cooling Stage for Petrographic Microscope, Model THMSG 600. 
Manufacturer: Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to enable researchers to 
observe dynamic changes through a microscope in imperfections in 
natural materials (minerals, rocks) over a wide range of temperatures. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 11, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-135. Applicant: University of Chicago, 920 E. 
58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
CM120. Manufacturer: N.V. Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies conducted to understand the 
assemble process in red blood cells in order to better understand 
pathological processes associated with malfunctions of red blood cell 
proteins. The instrument will also used in Electron Microscopy in 
Biology, a lab course which provides with an opportunity to learn how 
to operate the electron microscope. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: November 15, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-136. Applicant: Iowa State University of Science 
and Technology, Purchasing Department, 2nd Floor General Services 
Building, Ames, Iowa 50011-4050. Instrument: Servo Systems Experiments, 
Model SRV-02. Manufacturer: Quanser Consulting, Canada. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for educational purposes in various 
Mechanical Engineering courses which will prepare the senior level 
student in mechanical engineering for the modeling analysis and control 
of dynamic systems. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
November 15, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-137. Applicant: University of Vermont, Physics 
Department, A405 Cook Building, Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: 
Trough, Model 611M-100. Manufacturer: CTC Technologies, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used in the course Physics 391 - 
M.S. Thesis Research to facilitate scientific research and training for 
graduate students pursuing the M.S. degree in Physics. Specifically, 
the research will be in the area of studying biophysical behaviors of 
model membranes, which will be prepared by this instrument. In 
addition, the instrument will be used to prepare specimens for atomic 
force microscopy of model membranes in structural studies, and for 
differential scanning calorimetry in functional studies. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 16, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-138. Applicant: Texas A&M Research Foundation, 
Box 3578, University Dr. & Wellborn Road, College Station, TX 77843. 
Instrument: 600M Fluorometer and Accessories, Model AquatrackA MKIII. 
Manufacturer: Chelsea Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument 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. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
November 18, 1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-30308 Filed 12-8-94; 8:45 am]
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