[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 129 (Monday, July 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 36261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-17525]



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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: 97-049. Applicant: California State Polytechnic 
University, Department of Chemistry, 3801 W. Temple Avenue, Pomona, CA 
91768. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used in research to explore the use of 2-
oxacycloalkylidenes (so-called Fischer carbene complexes), 1, as 
potential cytotoxic agents. In particular, the reactivity of , 
-unsaturated lactones and the analogous Fischer carbene 
complexes toward biologically relevent thiol nucleophiles, such as 
cysteine, will be compared. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 11, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-050. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, 
Department of Chemistry, 231 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model AutoSpec. Manufacturer: Micromass, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to analyze 
compounds, mainly polar, thermally labile and of mass greater than 3000 
to characterize all intermediate and final compounds of synthesis by 
accurately measuring the molecular weight and determining the molecular 
formula. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 18, 
1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-17525 Filed 7-3-97; 8:45 am]
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