[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 202 (Thursday, October 17, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54156-54157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26647]


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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: 96-098. Applicant: University of Arizona Foundation, 
1111 N. Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85721. Instrument: Noble Gas Mass 
Spectrometer, Model 215-50. Manufacturer: Mass Analyser Products Ltd., 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to determine 
noble gas abundances and isotopic compositions of helium, neon, argon, 
krypton and xenon extracted from terrestrial and extraterrestrial 
samples. The objectives of the research are to understand the early 
history of the solar system by analyzing the noble gas isotopic 
composition of meteorites and lunar samples to understand the temporal 
and thermal evolution of the Earth and planetary materials and to 
identify mantle and crustal materials using the noble gas isotopic 
method which requires helium abundance and isotopic composition. The 
instrument will also be used for the training of graduate students. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 18, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-099. Applicant: University of South Carolina, 730 
S. Main Street, Columbia, SC 29208. Instrument: Stopped-Flow 
Spectrophotometer, Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics 
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
analyze the transient state kinetics of ligand binding to enzymes that 
are involved in the metabolism of chemotherapeutic agents. Recombinant 
enzymes will be rapidly mixed with ligands and the fluorescence or 
absorbance changes accompanying ligand binding will be monitored. The 
changes in spectrophotometric properties will be used to calculate rate 
constants governing specific reactions catalyzed by the enzyme of 
interest. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 
18, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-100. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. 
Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Instrument: Fast Correlation 
Spectrometer, Model ALV 5000/E. Manufacturer: ALV Laser, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate the dynamic 
motion of the polymers in solution during an experiment called 
diffusing wave spectroscopy. The objective of the investigation is to 
understand the relaxation of a network of polymer molecules which form 
a transiently elastic network. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: September 18, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-101. Applicant: University of Massachusetts 
Medical Center, 55 Lake Avenue North, Worcester, MA 01605. Instrument: 
Spectrophotometer System, Model SF-61 DX2/X. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech 
Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for studies of the glucose transport protein

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of human erythrocytes and its interaction with sugars and inhibitory 
molecules. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 
18, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-26647 Filed 10-16-96; 8:45 am]
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