[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6629-6630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3760]



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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: 95-041R. 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: Original notice of this resubmitted application was published in 
the FEDERAL REGISTER of June 13, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-121. Applicant: University of California, Santa 
Barbara, Engineering Materials Department, Bldg. 446, Room 112, Santa 
Barbara, CA 93106. Instrument: RF Reactive Atom Source. Manufacturer: 
Oxford Applied Research, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to investigate the epitaxial growth of nitride films by 
molecular beam epitaxy. The objective of the investigation is to 
increase understanding of the growth and properties of nitride thin 
films in order to optimize film properties and fabricate novel 
electronic and optoelectronic devices based on nitrides. In addition, 
the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the course 
Materials 598: Graduate Research Study. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 13, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-122. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State 
University, Department of Geosciences, 503 Deike Building, University 
Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Trace Gas Preconcentrator. Manufacturer: 
Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in 
experiments to extract fossil air samples from polar ice cores and 
analyze the composition of these fossil air samples. The data from 
these experiments will provide the means of reconstructing the 
composition of the past atmosphere over the last 250,000 years. In 
addition, the instrument will be used to demonstrate the various 
techniques used during the acquisition of stable isotope ratios of 
various air samples in several geoscience courses. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: December 14, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-123. Applicant: Carnegie Institution of 
Washington, Geophysical Laboratory, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, 
Washington, DC 20015-1305. Instrument: Upgrade of 252 Mass 
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The 
items will be used to upgrade an existing mass spectrometer with the 
capability to analyze nanomole quantities of 02 gas. In addition, 
the instrument will be used for educational purposes in a very active 
post and predoctoral fellowship program. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 14, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-124. Applicant: University of California, 
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, One Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model EM 300. Manufacturer: Philips, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies 
of metals, semiconductors, and ceramics to determine the arrangement of 
atoms in these materials, defects, and interfaces. The instrument will 
also be used in courses to teach advanced techniques in high-resolution 
electron microscopy, high-resolution electron holography, and energy-
filtered electron microscopy to graduate students. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: December 19, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-125. Applicant: Pennsylvania State University, 
Department of Physics, 104 Davey Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802. 
Instrument: Dilution Refrigerator/Gradient Magnet System, Model 
KelvinOx100. Manufacturer: Oxford Instruments, Inc., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study 
superconductivity and related quantum phenomena in ultrathin films of 
metals and high Tc oxide superconductors. The ultrathin films of 
metals will be prepared by quench deposition and measured in situ 
without taking the film outside the ultrahigh vacuum and low 
temperature environment so that contamination and annealing of the 
sample can be avoided. In addition, the instrument will be used to 
train future physicists and materials scientists through Ph.D. and M.S. 
degree programs. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
December 21, 1995.

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    Docket Number: 95-126. Applicant: University of Florida, Department 
of Chemistry, PO Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200. Instrument: 
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer, Model ESP 300E-10/2.7. 
Manufacturer: Bruker Analytische Messtechnik GmbH, Germany. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for studies of the local structure of 
the transient paramagnetic centers in diverse materials and the 
kinetics of electron and energy transfer. This will be done by studying 
relaxation time T1 and T2 and coherent quantum beats with 10 
ns time-resolution. The range of materials includes but is not limited 
to: organic electron and energy transfer couples, organic and inorganic 
thin films, polymers, biological macromolecules, organic and inorganic 
conductors and semiconductors. In addition, the instrument will be used 
in the course CHM 6580 special topics in physical chemistry to train 
students in state-of-the-art techniques in modern magnetic resonance. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 21, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-127. Applicant: Armstrong Laboratory, 2509 
Kennedy Circle, Brooks AFB, TX 78235-5118. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model CM 120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for analysis of water, air, 
and bulk samples for the presence of asbestos and evaluation of 
biological materials in support of in-house research. Experiments will 
be conducted using animal models of human disease or conditions to 
determine the harmful effects of lasers, microwaves, radiation, and to 
evaluate the efficacy of protective devices. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 27, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-128. Applicant: University of Maryland at College 
Park, Microbiology Department, Building #231, College Park, MD 20742. 
Instrument: Extended SpectraKinetics Photomultiplier, Model SK.1E. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to modify an existing spectro-fluorimeter in 
order to monitor the kinetics of a variety of different biochemical 
reactions, all of which involve interactions of proteins with other 
proteins or with a variety of smaller substrates. The instrumentation 
will make it possible to monitor the time course of such reactions by 
monitoring the fluorescence intensities of either the proteins involved 
or the small substrates. The goal of this research is to understand the 
interactions among a set of proteins that together enable bacteria to 
control their swimming movements. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: December 27, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-129. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Department of Chemistry, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02129. Instrument: Rapid Scanning Diode Array, Model MG 
6040. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for the study of reactions of reduced iron 
systems with oxygen using stopped flow visible spectroscopy. In the 
experiments, an anaerobic solution of a diferrous compound (enzyme or 
model complex) is mixed rapidly in a closed system with a solution 
containing dioxygen. The changes which take place are followed by 
observing changes in the absorbance of light at different wavelengths. 
The objective of these experiments is to understand better the reaction 
cycle of this very interesting and important enzyme system and to tune 
the reactivity of relevant small molecule models to do useful 
chemistry. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 
27, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-130. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Integrated Microscopy Resource, 1525 Linden Drive, Madison, WI 53706. 
Instrument: Upgraded Pulse Compressor, Model DMP-100. Manufacturer: 
Microlase Optical Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used with an existing laser that serves as a 
fluorescence excitation source for the study of the dynamics of the 
internal cellular architecture of living biological specimens. Cells 
and developing embryos will be examined with the enhanced microscope 
system over extended periods of time in order to study the changes in 
internal structure that occur during development. In addition, the 
instrument will be used for educational purposes in courses in advanced 
microscopy techniques for undergraduates, graduate students and 
visiting academic research workers. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 29, 1995.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 96-3760 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]
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