[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29938]


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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: 96-113. Applicant: The College of New Jersey, 
Hillwood Lakes, CN-4700, Trenton, NJ 08650. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model H-7000-S. Manufacturer: Hitachi Instruments, Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to examine the following at 
the ultrastructural level: (a) the gills and a recently discovered 
gland in the blue crab, (b) the kidneys, gills and intestines of clams 
and oysters and (c) the chromoplasts of algae. Research will be 
conducted to determine: (a) the function of the newly discovered gland 
and how it influences the function of the gill at various salinities, 
(b) how the clam depurates heavy metals from its body through the 
various organs believed to be involved in excretion and (c) the process 
by which chloroplasts in the algae become replaced (or turned into) 
other types of chromoplasts. In addition, the instrument will be used 
for educational purposes in several undergraduate courses. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 31, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-114. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, NCEH, DEHLS, Mailstop F-18, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, 
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT 
ELEMENT. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for analysis of radionuclides in a reference 
population in the U.S. and determination of radionuclides in persons 
with known or suspected exposure to these elements. High sample 
throughput (40-50 specimens per day) will be required, placing demands 
on the capacity of this instrument for automation. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: October 31, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-115. Applicant: Horn Point Environmental 
Laboratory, 2020 Horn Point Road, P.O. Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613. 
Instrument: Fluorometer. Manufacturer: Heinz Walz, GmbH, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate photosynthesis 
in microscopic algae (phytoplankton) as they exist in nature 
(specifically in the Chesapeake Bay) and in culture. An essential 
requirement of the research is that measurements be made on field 
samples directly without previous manipulation to boost the signal 
strength, such as filtration or other steps to concentrate the 
organisms. In addition, the instrument will be used in a MEES-699 
course on Methods in Photosynthetic Regulation--PAM Fluorometry to 
train students on the use of the instrument in photosynthetic research 
of phytoplankton and higher plants. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: November 6, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-29938 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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