[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 3394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-1081]



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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: 94-147. Applicant: Wayne State University, School of 
Medicine, 540 E. Canfield, Detroit, MI 48201. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to visualize microvascular changes in the 
central nervous system which accompany sequelae of traumatic brain 
injury (TBI). The microscope provides powerful analytic capabilities 
for the elucidation of post-TBI sequelae and will provide the necessary 
ultrastructural characterization to validate each animal model. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for training of post-doctoral 
fellows and graduate students in the departments of anatomy, neurology, 
neurosurgery, pharmacology, psychology, and the bioengineering center. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 14, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-149. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute, 
10666 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: 
Microvolume Stopped Flow Spectrofluorimeter, Model SX.17MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for typical experiments including the folding 
of various proteins, both wild type and mutants, such as myoglobin, 
lysozyme, cytochrome C, etc. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: December 16, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-150. Applicant: Yale University, Department of 
Chemistry, 225 Prospect Street, New Haven, CT 06520. Instrument: 
Stopped Flow Adaptor for Optical Spectrometer, Model RX.1000. 
Manufacturer: Applied Biophysics Inc., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to investigate the mechanism of how a 
series of non-heme iron complexes catalyze the oxidation of simple 
organic substrates in order to define the pathways that allow alkane, 
alkene and arena oxidation via small synthetic catalysts that mimic the 
electronic environment of the enzyme methane monooxygenase. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 20, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-151. Applicant: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, B364, Bldg. 222, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: 
Multicollector System for Mass Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Finnigan 
MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study 
isotopic fractionation effects that are associated with the collection, 
purification, and storage of atmospheric xenon, and use the information 
to improve the identification, discrimination and apportionment of 
natural and anthropogenic sources of atmospheric xenon. In these 
studies, sample xenon, derived from a mixture, will be measured against 
the pure source xenon using an existing automated dual-inlet source. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-152. Applicant: University of Virginia, Materials 
Science and Engineering, McCormick Rd., Thornton Hall, Charlottesville, 
VA 22903. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM 2010F. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
study the microstructure of metals, metal alloys, ceramics, high-
temperature superconductors, polymers, zeolites, minerals, and soils 
and clays. It will be used to measure particle/crystallite size and 
morphology, crystal structure, chemical composition, long/short-range 
ordering, number and extent of defects, d-spacings or crystallographic 
planes. In addition, the instrument will be used on a one-on-one basis 
for training of faculty, staff, and graduate students. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 23, 1994.


Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-1081 Filed 1-13-95; 8:45 am]
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