[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 6, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29826-29827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13819]



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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: 95-030. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, Smell 
and Taste Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. 
Instrument: Olfactometer, Transformation Unit and Compressor-Vacuum-
Unit, Model OM/4. Manufacturer: Heinrich Burghart, Germany. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to provide accurate and pulsed 
computer-controlled presentations of an odorant stimulus to the nares 
of a human being to allow for the recording of electrical brain waves 
in response to these presentations. The objectives will be achieved 
through psychophysical measurement, electrophysiological measurement, 
and computer-controlled generation of very accurate and timed pulses of 
odorants for evoked potential. The instrument will also be used for 
educational purposes in the course Interdisciplinary 200 (ID 200). 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 10, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-032. Applicant: University of Wisconsin, 1300 
University Ave., Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model CM120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for experiments related to studying biological 
phenomena at the ultrastructural level at common electron microscope 
magnifications. In addition, the instrument will be used in the course 
Anatomy 660: Introduction to Electron Microscopy to teach faculty, 
staff and students to operate the microscope to image the specimens 
prepared to achieve the research goals. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 10, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-033. Applicant: University of South Carolina, 
Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia, SC 29208. Instrument: Mass 
Spectrometer, Model Optima. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the carbon 
and oxygen isotopic composition of samples of calcite and aragonite, 
the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of marine organic matter, 
and the carbon isotopic composition of carbon dioxide dissolved in 
water. The particular focus of the analysis will be on the carbonate 
shells of forminifera from small samples of marine and lacustrine 
sediments and on carbon isotopes from both seawater and freshwater 
samples. In addition, the instrument will be used for educational 
purposes in the course Geology 715, Stable Isotope Geochemistry to 
introduce graduate students to different applications of stable 
geochemistry in the research environment. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 13, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-034. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 
S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model H-9000NAR. Manufacturer: Hitachi, Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies of pure metals, metallic alloys, 
semiconductors, and minerals and other ceramics in order to understand 
the physical origin and rules for occurrence of the phenomena under 
study. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 13, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-035. Applicant: University of Texas Medical 
Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model CM100. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used by the faculty and staff for 
a variety of ongoing scientific research activities as listed below:
(a) Analysis of Spotted Fever Rickettsial Antigens,
(b) Mechanisms of Toxic Injury in Vascular Tissue,
(c) Transplacental Transfer of Asbestos in Humans, [[Page 29827]] 
(d) Hyperthyroidism Potentiates Aging Effects in Heart,
(e) Bile Canaliculi Injury; Comparing Function to Structure,
(f) Dolphin Mortality an Indicator of Environmental Degradation and
(g) Splenic Toxicity of Aniline.
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 19, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-036. Applicant: University of South Carolina, 
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 730 S. Main Street, Columbia, 
SC 29208. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model ELEMENT. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for studies of trace elements and their isotopes in 
environmental, geological and marine samples with complex background 
matrices. In addition, the instrument will be used as a supplement to 
several courses such as ``Environmental and Analytical Chemistry'' and 
seminars on instrument operation to prepare students to analyze their 
own samples and acquire accurate and precise data. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: April 24, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-037. Applicant: University of Miami, Chemistry, 
1301 Memorial Dr., Room 315, Coral Gables, FL 33145. Instrument: L-B 
Film Deposition Apparatus with Ellipsometric Microscope. Manufacturer: 
Nippon Laser & Electronics Lab., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for studies of lipids, phospholipids, fatty acids, 
proteins, pigments and other molecules that are surfactant and may be 
spread at the air/water interface. The objective of these studies is to 
obtain better knowledge of the aggregation form of these molecules in a 
molecular model (monolayer) to understand phenomena like membrane 
rigidity, charge transport, reaction rate, etc. as they take place in 
living organisms. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
April 25, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-039. Applicant: Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical 
Center, 1481 West Tenth Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model CM120. Manufacturer: Philips, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in experiments 
involving collection of surgical, autopsy, and cytologic specimens for 
evaluation at the ultrastructural level and correlation of these 
findings with light microscopy and clinical findings to eventually 
render a pathologic description and diagnosis. In addition, the 
instrument will be used to provide hands-on experience for pathology 
residents, fellows, and medical students in visualizing ultrastructural 
criteria necessary for making a variety of known pathologic diagnoses. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 28, 1995.


Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-13819 Filed 6-5-95; 8:45 am]
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