[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25621-25623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12874]
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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
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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: 95-088R. Applicant: Mississippi State University,
Box C, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Instrument: Stopped-Flow
Spectrometer, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics
Limited, United Kingdom. Intended Use: Original notice of this
resubmitted application was published in the Federal Register of
October 23, 1995.
Docket Number: 96-015. Applicant: Princeton University, 110
Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544-0033. Instrument:
Spectrophotometer/Fluorimeter System. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific,
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies
of metalloporphyrin catalysts to determine which chemical properties
determine the rates of oxidative catalysis. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: February 26, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-016. Applicant: University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242. Instrument: [\11\C]
Methylation Synthesis Module. Manufacturer: Nuclear Interface GmbH,
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to generate short-
lived Carbon-11 radioactively labeled chemicals which will be used to
study basic and clinical aspects of human disease and metabolism. The
objective of these studies is to understand the basis of a disease and
aid in its detection and prevention. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: February 26, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-017. Applicant: University of Iowa Hospitals and
Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242. Instrument: [\18\F]
Synthesis Module. Manufacturer: Nuclear Interface GmbH, Germany.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to generate short-lived
Fluorine-18 radioactively labeled chemicals which will be used to study
basic and clinical aspects of human disease and metabolism. The
objective of these studies is to understand the basis of a disease and
aid in its detection and prevention. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: February 26, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-018. Applicant: Texas A&M University, Department
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, College Station, TX 77843-2128.
Instrument: Multi-Mixing Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV.
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to follow chemical reactions of enzymes
over time courses of less than a second during experiments conducted to
determine the chemical mechanisms of flavoprotein oxidases and of
tetrahydropterin-dependent hydroxylases. In addition, the instrument
will be used to provide training for students enrolled in Biochemistry
and Biophysics 690 ``Theory of Biochemical Research'' and Biochemistry
and Biophysics 691 ``Research''. Application Accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: February 27, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-019. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 206 South Wright Street, Urbana, Il
61801. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Reaction Analyser, Model SX.17MV.
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to study rapid reaction of bacterial hemecopper
oxidases. The two kinds of experiments planned include the reaction of
the enzymes with ligands such as cyanide and azide, and the reaction
with reductants. This will involve examining a series of mutants to
determine the functional importance of specific residues in the
mechanism of these enzymes. Application Accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: February 27, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-020. Applicant: National Institutes of Health,
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, 1550 E.
Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer,
Model Delta S. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for studies of stable isotopes of oxygen and
hydrogen in urine which are aimed at understanding energy expenditure
as a factor in the development of obesity and diabetes in the Pima
Indian population. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
February 28, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-021. Applicant: Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 5241 Broad Branch
Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model
IMS 6F. Manufacturer: CAMECA, France. Intended Use: The instrument will
be used for in-situ analysis of trace elements (<0.1%) and isotopes in
geologic minerals and for imaging of spatial distribution of trace
elements and isotopes. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
February 28, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-022. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789. Instrument: 4
Syringe Stopped-Flow Module, Model SFM-4/S. Manufacturer: BioLogic,
France. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to explore a variety
of fundamental questions that concern the in vivo folding of proteins
and the actions of molecular chaperones. The instrument will be
configured for use in stopped-flow fluorescence intensity and
anisotropy experiments designed to dissect and understand how proteins
are manipulated and folded by molecular chaperones. Application
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 28, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-023. Applicant: Yale University, School of
Medicine, Department of MB&B, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510.
Instrument: Shielded Gradient System, Model IC60. Manufacturer: Oxford
Magnet Technology, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used for studies of nuclear magnetic resonance properties of metabolite
chemicals in human brain, liver and kidney. NMR spectroscopic methods
will be developed and tested on chemical solutions and on human
subjects. When these methods are optimized they will be used in
experiments designed to measure rates of metabolism and metabolite
concentrations in normal humans and in disease states. Other research
projects will include (1) the study of cerebral metabolism in humans,
(2) continued studies of muscle and hepatic glycogen metabolism in man,
and (3) non-invasive probe of tissue metabolism. Application Accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: February 28, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-024. Applicant: The University of Georgia,
College of Pharmacy, DW Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602-2352.
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG AutoSpec. Manufacturer: Fisons
Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
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instrument will be used to analyze by high resolution mass spectrometry
synthetic and naturally occurring nucleosides as part of an effort to
create new anti-viral and anti-cancer drugs. In addition, the
instrument will be used to train professional and graduate students in
mass spectrometry. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
March 1, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
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