[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17783-17784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9429]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


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, DC 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, 
NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 96-103R. 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: Original notice of 
this resubmitted application was published in the Federal Register of 
October 30, 1996.
    Docket Number: 97-024. Applicant: Stanford University/University of 
California, Berkeley, Stanford, CA 94305. Instrument: Electron Energy 
Analyzer, Model Scienta 200. Manufacturer: Scienta Instrument AB, 
Sweden. Intended Use: The article is intended to be used to investigate 
by photoelectron spectroscopy the properties of high temperature 
superconductors, magnetic materials and other materials and phenomena 
with the objective of obtaining a better fundamental understanding of 
these materials. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 
11, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-025. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Center for Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Building E17-340, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Fish Tank System. 
Manufacturer: Klaus-Jurgen Schwarz, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for the study of the early development of the 
zebrafish embryo in order to identify genes that are required for a 
fish egg to develop normally into a perfect living fish embryo and 
ultimately into an adult fish. It is expected that the genes identified 
will help in understanding what goes wrong in human development that 
can lead to birth defects. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: March 11, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-026. Applicant: Skidmore College, 815 N. 
Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. Instrument: Electron Microscope 
with Accessories, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for analysis of simple thin 
sections of plants, animals and fungi at magnifications of 3,000 to 150 
000. The objective of the investigations will be to learn how plant 
cells secrete materials to the external world and methods that the 
plants use internally to package secretory materials. In addition, the 
instrument will be used in several undergraduate biology courses to 
train students to become cell biologists. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: March 11, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-029. Applicant: University of California, 
Department of Buying and Contracting, Regent Administrative Center 
1B29, Campus Box 8, Boulder, CO 80309. Instrument: Color Center Laser. 
Manufacturer: GWU Lasertechnik, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for the study of InGaAs/InP heterostructures. 
Specifically, investigations will be conducted of the optical and 
thermal properties of these structures to determine the radiative 
quantum efficiency of the structures by measuring the heating of the 
device as a function of excitation energy. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: March 18, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-030. Applicant: Florida State University, 
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, 
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4005. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model 
ELEMENT. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The article 
is intended to be used to investigate chemical processes that take 
place in the earth and at the earth's surface. The research is geared 
towards the identification of trace element or isotope ratios most 
sensitive to a chemical process. After identification of the trace 
element and

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isotope ratios, these ratios are used for quantification of the 
important processes. In addition, the instrument will be used for 
educational purposes in the courses GLY 5298 ``Advanced Topics in 
Geochemistry'' and GLY 5261 ``Advanced Topics in Geochronology.'' 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 25, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-9429 Filed 4-10-97; 8:45 am]
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