[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27771]


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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: 95-080R. Applicant: Santa Rosa Outpatient 
Rehabilitation Hospital, 2829 Babcock Road, San Antonio, TX 78229. 
Instrument: 3-Dimensional Motion Analyzer System, Model VICON 370. 
Manufacturer: Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
Original notice of this resubmitted application was published in the 
Federal Register of September 19, 1995.
    Docket Number: 96-102. Applicant: Yale University, Magnetic 
Resonance Center, 333 Cedar Street, P. O. Box 208043, New Haven, CT 
06520. Instrument: SIMS IVS Console. Manufacturer: Surrey Medical 
Imaging Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to develop and apply magnetic resonance methods for imaging 
blood flow, tissue perfusion, intra and extracellular swelling, 
alterations in cellular membranes, tissue fuel sources, metabolic fuel 
consumption, enzymatic regulation of metabolism by using an existing 
4.7 Tesla magnetic resonance spectrometer. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: September 27, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-103. Applicant: Stevens Institute of Technology, 
Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Instrument: Stopped-Flow/
Scanning Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied 
Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for studies of the kinetics of human alcohol dehydrogenase 
isoenzymes from the liver and stomach and for studies of the kinetics 
of a human liver cytochrome P450 isoenzyme that metabolizes ethanol. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 1, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-104. Applicant: University of Georgia, D W Brooks 
Drive, Warnell School of Forest Resources, Building #4, Room 102, 
Athens, GA 30602. Instrument: Environmental Process Control Laboratory. 
Manufacturer: Minworth Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to monitor the transport and biochemical 
transformation of carbon-, nitrogen-and phosphorus-bearing materials in 
water and the behavior of the microbiological organisms responsible for 
these biochemical transformations. The goal of the research is to 
support the development and evaluation of computer simulation models of 
the behavior of the pollutants in the natural environment and in 
treatment systems, with a view to elaborating better ways of operating 
such systems and of forecasting the consequences of alternative schemes 
for managing and protecting the natural environment. In addition, the 
instrument will be used in a graduate-level course to teach students 
how to use it. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 
1, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-105. Applicant: Arizona Science Center, 147 E. 
Adams Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2394. Instrument: Interactive Imaging 
System, Model Magicam. Manufacturer: Optech International Ltd., New 
Zealand. Intended Use: The instrument will be used as an educational 
tool in geology and biology exhibit halls to allow the visitor to use 
the system to further explore provided examples in each of the 
galleries. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 2, 
1996.
    Docket Number: 96-106. Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University, 
Department of Chemistry, 3400 Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. 
Instrument: EPR Spectrometer, Model EMX 10/2.7. Manufacturer: Bruker 
Instruments, Inc., Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for electron spin resonance measurements at room and variable 
temperatures during investigations that include characterization of 
paramagnetic centers in biomolecules, organic compounds, inorganic 
coordination compounds and solid state materials, identification of 
photo- and redox-active sites and elucidation of reaction mechanisms. 
In addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in 
chemistry laboratory courses. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: October 2, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-108. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control & 
Prevention, Mailstop G-36, 1600 Clifton Road, N. E., Atlanta, GA 30333. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Reflex II. Manufacturer: Bruker 
Analytical, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
assess the molecular weight of the intact biopolymers and of synthetic 
intermediates employed in the syntheses and fragments generated from 
the biopolymers. Together, this information provides important evidence 
for the correct structure of the synthetic biotechnology products.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 7, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-27771 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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