[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 442-443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-162]



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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: 94-141. Applicant: Department of the Interior, U.S. 
Geological Survey, Water Resources Division, 345 Middlefield Rd., Mail 
Stop 434, Menlo Park, CA 94025. Instrument: SIR Mass Spectrometer, 
Model PRISM. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for the expansion of existing research 
projects in Water Resources and Geologic Divisions which include 
studying carbon and nitrogen cycles in soils, sediments, estuaries, 
deltas, streams, coastal plans, arctic and other peat deposits, and 
lakes. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 6, 
1994.
    Docket Number: 94-142. Applicant: Kansas State University, 
Department of Agronomy, 2004 Throckmorton Plant Science Center, 
Manhattan, KS 66506-5501. Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer System, 
Model 20-20. Manufacturer: Europa Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope 
tracer studies in agronomic, environmental, and ecological research. It 
is essential for basic research on C and N cycling in soils and applied 
research on improving N fertilizer use efficiency by soil management 
and breeding techniques. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: December 7, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-143. Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Bldg. 20, 
Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO 80225. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model CM 200. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to explore, indepth, the 
microstructure-property relationships in a wide range of materials. 
Specific experiments include routine minerals and materials 
characterization, second-phase analyses, interface and grain boundary 
characterization, dislocation and other fault analyses, and powder and 
particle characterization. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: December 8, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-144. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urban-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801. 
Instrument: Gas Composition Analyzer, Model Epison II. Manufacturer: 
Thomas Swan, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for studies of binary mixtures of hydrogen and tri-methyl indium during 
investigations to develop novel electro-optic devices and broaden the 
knowledge of these types of devices. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 8, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-145. Applicant: Miami University, Office of 
Purchasing, 213 Roudebush Hall, Oxford, OH 45056. Instrument: 
Cryostage. Manufacturer: Linkham Scientific Instruments, Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the effects 
of low temperatures on various tissues isolated from naturally cold 
tolerant vertebrates and invertebrates and to study the application of 
low temperature preservation to mammalian tissues. In addition, the 
instrument will be used by students in several zoology courses. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 15, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-146. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of 
New Jersey, Department of Civil Engineering, P.O. Box 909, Piscataway, 
NJ 08855-0909. Instrument: Test Frame with Accessories. Manufacturer: 
Hi-Tech Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
in a course which trains students in the testing of the mechanical 
properties and behavior of structural elements under a variety of load 
conditions. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 
14, 1994. [[Page 443]] 
    Docket Number: 94-148. Applicant: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 
of Columbia University, Rte 9W, Palisades, NY 10964. Instrument: 
Isotope Ratio-Gas Source Mass Spectrometer, Model PRISM. Manufacturer: 
Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to measure the fractionation of the stable isotopes of 
hydrogen, carbon and oxygen in natural waters, including seawater and 
freshwater. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 
15, 1994.


Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-162 Filed 1-3-95; 8:45 am]
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