[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.
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