[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5165-5166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2003]



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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: 94-154. Applicant: University of Hawaii, School of 
Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, Department of Geology & 
Geophysics, 2525 Correa Road, Honolulu, HI 96822. Instrument: ICP Mass 
Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the 
determination of elemental abundances and isotopic ratios in a variety 
of solid and fluid samples. The instrument is essential for continuing 
and new studies in the general fields of: 1) mid-ocean ridge processes, 
2) processes in active back-arc basins and island arcs, 3) mantle 
plumes and hotspots, 4) deep interior of the Earth, 5) extraterrestrial 
materials 6) marine mineral deposits, 7) marine particulates and 
sediments, 8) atmospheric particulates and sediment trap material, 9) 
hydrothermal processes and 10) Ocean Drilling Program related research. 
In addition, the instrument will be used [[Page 5166]] for various 
educational purposes such as teaching the theory of operation and 
standard analytical practices and for other curriculum courses. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 29, 1994.
    Docket Number: 95-001. Applicant: Beckman Research Institute of the 
City of Hope, Division of Immunology, 1450 East Duarte Road, Duarte, CA 
91010. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT 900. Manufacturer: 
Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
characterize macromolecular structures, principally peptides and 
proteins, isolated in small quantities from biological systems. There 
is also a limited need for the accurate mass analysis of small organic 
molecules with sufficient resolution and mass accuracy to define 
elemental composition. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
January 4, 1995.


Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-2003 Filed 1-25-95; 8:45 am]
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