[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27860]


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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: 96-107. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 
Department of Geology and Geophysics, 310 Pillsbury Drive SE, 
Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT 262. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to analyze the isotopic composition of natural materials that 
constitute the results of natural phenomena that have occurred in the 
earth's past. It will be used to determine the isotopic compositions of 
O, C, U, Th, Pb, Sr and Nd and the concentrations of U, Th, Pa, Pb, Sr, 
Nd, Sm, Rb and Ca in natural rocks, minerals, fossils and waters. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 4, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-109. Applicant: University of Arkansas for 
Medical Sciences, 4301 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205. Instrument: 
Rapid Kinetics Accessory, Model SFA-20. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Ltd., 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the 
catalyzed reduction of a series of nitroaromatic compounds using 
several bacterial and mammalian nitroreductases to determine the 
kinetic constants Km and kcat. In addition, the instrument 
will be used for educational purposes in the courses Introduction to 
Patient Monitoring (Bioph. Sci. 4224) and Special Methods in Biophysics 
(PHYO 603). Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 8, 
1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-27860 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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