[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 39 (Thursday, February 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8928-8929]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4930]


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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: 97-001. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 7835 Trade Street, San Diego, 
CA 92121. Instrument: (8) Directional Waverider Buoys. Manufacturer: 
Datawell bv, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The article is intended to 
be used in support of ongoing and proposed research on the evolution of 
directional wave spectra across the continental shelf and near complex 
bathymetric features. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
January 3, 1997.
    Docket Numbers: 97-002, 97-003 and 97-006. Applicant: Brigham and 
Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 
02115. Instrument: (3) Digital Sleep Recorders, Model Vitaport 2. 
Manufacturer: TEMEC Instruments BV, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instruments will be used to record sleep patterns, circadian rhythms 
and pulmonary functions for studies of the effects of melatonin on 
sleep disturbances induced by misalignment of the sleep-wake cycle and 
endogenous circadian phase. Applications accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: January 8, 1997 and January 16, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-004. Applicant: Brooklyn College of the City 
University of New York, Environmental Sciences Laboratory, 2900 Bedford 
Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11210. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-
2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to study the physico-chemical properties of inorganic 
particulates in the environment. It will be used to determine the 
morphology, elemental composition, crystal structure, long/short range 
ordering, microcrystalline structure and d-spacing of crystallographic 
planes. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 10, 
1997.
    Docket Number: 97-005. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Center for Space Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Digital Sleep Recorder, Model Vitaport 
2. Manufacturer: TEMEC Instruments BV, The Netherlands. Intended Use: 
The article is intended to be used for studies of the effects of 
microgravity on the human body, especially sleep functions, circadian 
rhythm changes and pulmonary function. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-007. Applicant: University of Oklahoma, 
Purchasing Department, 660 Parrington Oval, Room 321, Norman, OK 73019. 
Instrument: CO2/Far-Infrared Laser System. Manufacturer: Edinburgh 
Instruments, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for studies of narrow-gap semiconductor quantum wells and 
superlattices to obtain the highest quality cyclotron resonance spectra 
for analysis to obtain electronic properties. In addition, the 
instrument will be used for educational purposes in the courses 
Research for Doctor's Dissertation and Research for Master's Thesis. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 17, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-008. Applicant: University of Colorado, Institute 
for Arctic and Alpine Research, 1560 30th Street, Boulder, CO 80309-
0450. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer: 
Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for measuring the stable isotopic composition (primarily carbon and 
oxygen) of natural materials such as calcium carbonate sediments, 
atmospheric gases, natural waters and organic matter. Projects in which 
the instrument will be used revolve around the general theme of 
understanding the patterns and causes of climate change. A primary use 
will be the analysis of calcium carbonate coral reef materials. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in 
graduate classes in isotope geochemistry. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 24, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-009. Applicant: Georgia Institute of Technology, 
School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, 221 Bobby Dodd Way, Atlanta, 
GA 30332-0340. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. 
Manufacturer: Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for studies of plant and soil samples, water samples, rock 
and mineral samples and atmospheric gas samples which will be taken 
from the natural environment and the fossil record and designed to 
provide information about research topics related to past climate 
environment and present-day nutrient cycling. The objectives of the 
studies include successful analysis of the carbon, oxygen and hydrogen 
isotope composition of the samples mentioned, with the final step of 
analysis being measurement of the gas upon the instrument. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 29, 1997.

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    Docket Number: 97-010. Applicant: Stanford University, Department 
of Pediatrics, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94304-5119. Instrument: 
Ambulatory Recorder, Model Embla. Manufacturer: Flaga hF. Medical 
Service, Iceland. Intended Use: The article is intended to be used for 
recording physiological signals from human infants to assess the sleep 
development and the circadian rhythm development of infants. The 
objective of these studies will be to describe the basic physiological 
processes which in turn will lead to a better understanding of factors 
related to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 4, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-4930 Filed 2-26-97; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P