[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 31144]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14457]



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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, DC 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 
NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 95-038. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, Department of Integrative Biology, 3060 Valley Life Science 
Bldg., #3140, Berkeley, CA 94720-3140. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer. 
Manufacturer: Europa Scientific Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to measure the heavy isotopes 15N and 
13C and therefore trace the source and sink for N and C containing 
compounds during the study of the cycling of nitrogen and carbon 
through the natural ecosystem. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: April 26, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-040. Applicant: University of Kentucky, 
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Lexington, KY 40506-0055. 
Instrument: Electron-Electron Coincidence Apparatus. Manufacturer: 
University of Southhampton, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study the electron-impact ionization of 
helium using the technique of electron-electron coincidence 
spectrometry. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 5, 
1995.
    Docket Number: 95-041. Applicant: University of South Florida, 
Department of Marine Sciences, 140 Seventh Avenue, South, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33701. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model 
PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for studies of rare earth elements and 
transition metals. Experiments will consist of the study of the 
complexation behaviors of trivalent rare earth ions (e.g. La3+) 
with carbonate ions (Co32-) in solution and the study of 
precipitation of metals ions with phosphate (PO43-) in 
seawater. In addition, the instrument will be used for educational 
purposes in an instrument methods course which will train students in 
the measurement of solute concentrations in seawater. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 8, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-042. Applicant: University of California, Santa 
Cruz, Institute of Marine Sciences, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 
95064. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer System. Manufacturer: Europa 
Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for studies of nitrogen and carbon cycling in seawater and sediments. 
These studies will involve measurements of the rates of nitrogen 
assimilation, nitrification and denitrification in various aquatic 
environments The measurements involve addition of tracer and subsequent 
analysis of the C or N isotopic content of various nitrogen and carbon 
compounds in seawater. The instrument will also be used in support of 
graduate research in oceanography. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: May 8, 1995.


Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-14457 Filed 6-12-95; 8:45 am]
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