[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 159 (Thursday, August 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 42847]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-20439]



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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: 95-065. Applicant: University of Utah, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84112. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7100. 
Manufacturer: Hitachi Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to study plant and animal cells and tissues, microorganisms, 
viruses and biological macromolecules in experiments performed to 
determine cellular and molecular bases of neurogenesis, the 
cytoskeletal organization in oocytes and embryos, the development of 
female gametophytes in Arabidopsis, the location of zyxin in resting 
and activated platelets, and the structure and assembly of bacterial 
flagellar motor proteins. In addition, the instrument will be used for 
educational purposes in the course BIOL 5XX, Microscopy Techniques. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 25, 1995.


    Docket Number: 95-066. Applicant: University of Maryland, 
Department of Meteorology, College Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Sun 
Photometer and Filters, Model CE 318-1. Manufacturer: Cimel 
Electronique, France. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
measure both sun and sky radiance to derive total column water vapor 
and ozone and aerosol properties using a combination of spectral 
filters and azimuth/zenith viewing controlled by a microprocessor. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 28, 1995.


Frank W. Creel

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 95-20439 Filed 8-16-95; 8:45 am]

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