[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 116 (Tuesday, June 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 32766]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-15866]


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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, 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: 97-039. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 7835 Trade Street, San Diego, 
CA 92121. Instrument: Wave Measurement Equipment. Manufacturer: 
Datawell bv, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended 
to be used in support of research on the evolution of directional wave 
spectra across the continental shelf and near complex bathymetric 
features. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 20, 
1997.

    Docket Number: 97-041. Applicant: University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill, Center for Environmental Medicine and Lung Biology, 104 
Mason Farm Road, EPA Human Studies Facility, CB# 7310, Chapel Hill, NC 
27599-7310. Instrument: Graphite Aerosol Generator, Model GFG-1000. 
Manufacturer: Palas GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to combine radiolabeling techniques with the generator to produce 
fine particles that may be used in inhalation studies of regional 
deposition and clearance in healthy and diseased subjects. Another use 
is to produce carbon particles with this generator that can be coated 
with polyaromatic hydrocarbons. The resulting particles can then be 
used to expose cell systems of animals for toxicology studies. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 21, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-042. Applicant: The University of Houston, 4800 
Calhoun Boulevard, Houston, TX 77204. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model JEM-2010F. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study the crystal structure, crystalline 
defects and chemical composition of oxide and non-oxide compounds, 
high-temperature superconductors, metals, minerals and inorganic thin 
films. It will be used to measure the atomic arrangements within 
crystalline and non-crystalline compounds and defects therein by 
electron diffraction and electron imaging. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 29, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-043. Applicant: University of New Mexico, Center 
for Micro-Engineered Materials, Farris Engineering Center, Room 203, 
Albuquerque, NM 87131-6041. Instrument: X-Ray Photoelectron 
Spectrometer, Model AXIS HSi. Manufacturer: Kratos Analytical, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies of 
organic and inorganic materials, specifically metals, metal sulfides, 
metal oxides and organically modified inorganic surfaces. There will be 
a wide variety of experiments conducted to determine the bulk or 
composition of the material under study and to determine the oxidation 
states of the components in the material. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 29, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-044. Applicant: University of Rochester, 
Procurement Services, 70 Goler House, Rochester, NY 14627. Instrument: 
(2) ICP Mass Spectrometers, Model Plasma 54. Manufacturer: VG 
Elemental, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instruments are intended 
to be used to study trace metal concentrations in natural water, 
sediments and biological materials occurring naturally in the 
environment in and around Rochester, NY and remote environments such as 
the open Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 30, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-045. Applicant: Baylor University, Office of 
Sponsored Programs and Contracts, P.O. Box 97088, Waco, TX 76798-7088. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for traditional 
TEM studies of plant cell development, plant sperm ultrastructure, 
bacterial cell wall morphology and ultrastructure of plant-viral 
interactions. In addition, the instrument will be used for educational 
purposes through instruction of the techniques of electron microscopy 
to both undergraduate and graduate students. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 30, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-15866 Filed 6-16-97; 8:45 am]
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