[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42589-42590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20935]


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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, DC 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 4211, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 96-078. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory-West, 
I.N.E.L., EBR-II Site, Scoville, ID 83415. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for examining materials primarily 
associated with decommissioning of a nuclear reactor and its associated 
waste streams; as well as characterization of high level waste forms. 
The primary items of interest are defect and phase identification, 
chemical segregation and boundary chemical and crystallographic 
characterization. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 
23, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-079. Applicant: University of Arizona, Department 
of Geosciences, Gould-Simpson Building, Room 208, Tucson, AZ 85721. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Sector 54. Manufacturer: 
Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for the study of U-Th-Pb, Lu-Hf, Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isotopic systems. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 22, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-080. Applicant: Berkeley Geochronology Center, 
2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, 
Model Sector 54. Manufacturer: Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used in age determinations (geochronology) of 
geologic and archaeologic materials, such as rocks, minerals, artifacts 
and fossils. These ages will be determined by analysis of the isotopic 
ratios of various elements, typically but not exclusively uranium, 
thorium, lead, strontium and neodymium. In addition, the instrument 
will be used for training of graduate students and post-doctoral 
fellows from a variety of universities as part of collaborative 
research. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 23, 
1996.
    Docket Number: 96-081. Applicant: Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, 423 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010.

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Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for ultrastructural diagnosis of patient material, and for 
ultrastructural research using both human and animal tissues necessary 
in the treatment of veterans. In addition, the instrument will be used 
for the training on a one-to-one basis of medical and graduate 
students. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 23, 
1996.
    Docket Number: 96-082. Applicant: Florida State University, MBB 
151, Tallahassee, FL 32306-3015. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
CM120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used in research studies to examine the 
ultrastructure of cells and how it relates to biological function and 
disease processes. Experiments will involve isolation of protein and 
assemblies, growth of 2-D crystalline arrays of protein followed by 
examination in the microscope. The instruments will also be used for 
trial studies in structure-based drug design to demonstrate the 
feasibility of using electron crystallography in this area. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 24, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-20935 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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