[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57221-57222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28094]
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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: 95-093. Applicant: Florida International University,
University Park, Miami, FL 33199. Instrument: Stopped-Flow System.
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
system consists of accessories to a spectrophotometer and will be used
to study the fast kinetics of chemical reactions. Application Accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: October 5, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-094. Applicant: North Carolina State University,
Campus Box 7212, Raleigh, NC 27695-7212. Instrument: Stopped-Flow
Spectrophotometer, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics,
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to analyze
genetically engineered proteins with substitutions of tyrosine and
other amino acids. The objective of the experiments will be to
understand the function of Fe(III)-tyrosine in ferritin, Nature's anti-
rust protein important in normal blood formation and anemia.
Predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees will learn the techniques for
rapid kinetic analysis of protein reactions in the course BCH 690.
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 5, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-095. Applicant: Norfolk State Univerity, 2401
Corprew Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23504. Instrument: Electron Paramagnetic
Resonance Spectrometer System, Model EMX 10/2.7. Manufacturer: Bruker,
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies of
single crystals such as neodymium doped in fluorides and other crystals
doped with rare-earth or transition metal ions that will be grown in a
crystal growth facility. These studies will involve spin densities and
crystal defects experiments, orientation experiments for looking at
angular dependence and experiments to examine the ion environment. In
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the
courses Chemistry 363L - Physical Chemistry Laboratory and Physics 450
- Advanced Laboratory. Application Accepted by
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Commissioner of Customs: October 5, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-096. Applicant: Arizona State University, Botany
Department, Life Sciences Building - E Wing Rm 218, Tempe, AZ 85287-
1601. Instrument: Fluorescence Measuring System, Model PAM 101.
Manufacturer: Heinz Walz GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to measure the kinetics of QA reduction and
reoxidation in wild-type and genetically engineered mutants of a
cyanobacterium, in which photosystem II, the part of photosynthesis
with which QA is associated, has been altered. A major objective
of this work is to elucidate how specific changes in the protein
environment surrounding QA alter the properties of this cofactor.
In addition, the instrument will be used for graduate education in the
courses BOT 592 and 792 and MCB 592 and 792. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: October 5, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-097. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N.
Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Instrument: Stopped-Flow
Spectrophotometer, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to
study the structure and function of a set of three bacterial heat shock
proteins that act as molecular chaperones in mediating several aspects
of protein metabolism, including protein folding, protein transport,
and assembly and disassembly of protein complexes. Application Accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: October 5, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-098. Applicant: Research Foundation of SUNY at
Albany, AD 335, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222. Instrument:
Formaldehyde Monitor. Manufacturer: Aero Laser GmbH, Germany. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to measure ambient concentrations
during regional pollution episodes in rural locations of the
northeastern U.S. In this research program both undergraduate and
graduate students in atomospheric chemistry will study the formation of
formaldehyde and its role in atmospheric photooxidation processes
leading to ozone formation. In addition, the instrument will be used to
train undergraduate students and technicians in its use and application
in quality monitoring networks. Application Accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: October 12, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-099. Applicant: National Institute of Standards
and Technology, Building 222, Room A113, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.
Instrument: Rotating Sample Stage for Ion Microscope. Manufacturer:
Kore Technology, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is an
accessory for a Cameca ion microscope which will be used to improve the
depth resolution of secondary ion mass spectrometry sputter depth
profiles. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 12,
1995.
Docket Number: 95-101. Applicant: Rutgers University, P.O. Box
69999, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Instrument: Chlorophyll Fluorescence
Measuring System, Model PAM 101. Manufacturer: Walz (Mess- und
Regeltechnik), Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to
characterize the kinetics of fluorescence for chlorophyll a in whole
cells of microalgae in studies of how photosynthetic light reactions
are modulated by stochastic light environment. The instrument will also
be used in undergraduate courses in marine microbiology and primary
productivity in the world's ocean to demonstrate the dramatic
physiological plasticity of the microalgae which is central to
understanding the dynamic ocean environment in which they live.
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 13, 1995.
Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-28094 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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