[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4767-4768]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2695]



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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: 95-116. Applicant: Tulane University Hospital and 
Clinic, 1415 Tulane Avenue - SA 5, New Orleans, LA 70112. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model H7100. Manufacturer: Hitachi Scientific 
Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
analysis of tissues from each organ of the vertebrate body, monolayers 
of cultured cells, pellets of cultured cells, and filters with ingrown 
cells. These materials are examined for changes in cellular morphology, 
osmotic shocks, effects of drugs, and/or normal development changes. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for the training of pathology 
residents, graduate students of the Molecular and Cellular Biology 
Program, faculty, and post-sophomore fellows and other fellows. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 30, 1995.

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    Docket Number: 95-117. Applicant: Indiana University, PO Box 4040, 
Bloomington, IN 47402. Instrument: Noninvasive Blood Pressure 
Measurement Monitor. Manufacturer: TNO Biomedical Instrumentation, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to perform 
research studies into the central inhibitory mechanisms controlling 
male sexual response through investigation of nocturnal penile 
tumescence during REM sleep. In addition the article will be used for 
following research programs:
(1) Neurochemical Mechanisms of Psychoactive Drugs,
(2) Heart rate as a Measure of Conditioning,
(3) Biophysics of Birdsong,
(4) Psychophysiology of Male Sexual Response,
(5) Cardiovascular Aspects of Sleep Apnea, and
(6) Autonomic Function and Alcohol Problems.
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 6, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-118. Applicant: The Colorado College, Department 
of Biology, 14 E. Cache La Poudre, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 100. Manufacturer: Philips, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used as a 
research tool for studies of the following:
(1) plant cell and organelle ultrastructure comparing wild type and 
mutant strains of maize,
(2) diatom frustule ultrastructure utilizing thin metal replicas, and
(3) ultrastructure of male and female reproductive systems of parasitic 
flatworms.
In addition, the instrument will be for educational purposes in several 
courses. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 7, 
1995.
    Docket Number: 95-119. Applicant: California State University, Los 
Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1200EX II. Manufacturer: 
JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
biological studies of avian pigment cells, rat nervous tissue, rat 
testis, drosophila eye tissue, virus, bacteria, kidney tissue, reptile 
tissue, nervous ending in fish muscle cells in culture, and plant 
tissues in order to understand the microanatomy of these tissues. The 
instrument will also be used for educational purposes in the course 
Biology 402, Electron Microscopy. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: December 8, 1995.


    Docket Number: 95-120. Applicant: Albert Einstein College of 
Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461. Instrument: 
Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometer, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied 
Photophysics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to study the pre-steady state kinetic processes occurring in 
enzyme catalyzed reactions. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: December 11, 1995.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 96-2695 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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