[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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