[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11613-11614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6860]



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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: 96-006. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute, 
10666 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model CM 200. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies of the structure 
of tobacco, alfalfa, and cucumber mosaic viruses, muscle proteins, 
nuclear pore complexes, microtubules, CHIP28 water channels, 
acetylcholine receptors, gap junctions, rotavirus and reovirus, and 
rice yellow mottle virus. The goals of the investigations are in 
general to understand the structural basis for how the subcellular 
organelles and supramolecular assemblies function and to elucidate the 
role that they play in the life of the cell. In addition, the 
instrument will be used to provide training in use of the electron 
microscope as a research tool. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: February 2, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-009. Applicant: New York University Medical 
Center, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, 550 First Avenue, 
New York, NY 10016. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 200. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for determining the structure of biological macromolecules 
(i.e., proteins). The objectives of the research are to elucidate the 
physical and chemical properties of these protein molecules in order to 
better understand how they accomplish their respective cellular 
functions. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 9, 
1996.
    Docket Number: 96-010. Applicant: University of New Mexico, 200 
Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131. Instrument: Mass 
Spectrometer, Model VG Sector 54. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
measurement of 230Th/232Th ratios in igneous rocks and the 
data then used to understand mantle (deep earth) processes, dating of 
volcanic events, etc. In addition, the instrument will facilitate 
measurements by students in courses such as Isotopic Principles of 
Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology. Application Accepted

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by Commissioner of Customs: February 12, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-011. Applicant: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, I270 & Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
0001. Instrument: Laser Tracker, Model SMART 310. Manufacturer: Leica 
Inc., Switzerland. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in the 
application of the metrology discipline criteria to determine the 
dimensional accuracies of large manufactured parts. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 12, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-012. Applicant: University of Albany, SUNY, 
Department of Geological Sciences, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 
12222. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer: 
Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to accurately analyze large volumes of samples in research 
which includes climatic and paleoclimatic studies and environmental 
geochemical studies of near surface processes. It will be used 
primarily to measure the stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon in 
carbonate and water samples. In addition, the instrument will be used 
in laboratory section of a stable isotope geochemistry course for 
upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: February 14, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-013. Applicant: Northern Illinois University, 
Department of Chemistry, DeKalb, IL 60115-2862. Instrument: Diode-Array 
Detector for Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model PDA.1. Manufacturer: 
Applied Photophysics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used as an accessory to an existing spectrometer 
that will be used for the investigation of the chemical reactivity of 
heme proteins including their reactions with oxidizing agents such as 
hydrogen peroxide and molecular oxygen, reducing agents such as 
ferrocytochrome c and FE(II) and Co(II) complexes, their electron 
transfer reactions, and their reactions with small ligands such as 
fluoride, cyanide, azide, and other nitrogen containing materials. The 
instrument will be used for educational purposes in three research 
courses: Chemistry 499H - Research, Chemistry 599 - Research, and 
Chemistry 699 - Doctoral Research Dissertation. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 14, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-014. Applicant: Columbia University, Lamont-
Doherty Earth Observatory, Rte. 9W, Palisade, NY 10964. Instrument: 
Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
investigate the stable isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon in 
naturally-occurring carbonate samples, including coral and shell 
material. These investigations will involve reconstructing past 
climatic conditions using the isotopic compositions as indicators of 
the ambient temperature and water conditions at time of formation. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 22, 1996.

Frank W. Creel

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 96-6860 Filed 3-20-96; 8:45 am]

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