[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 144 (Monday, July 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19718]


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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: 97-034. Applicant: University of Virginia, 
Department of Cell Biology, Health Science Center, Jordan Hall, 
Charlottesville, VA 22908. Instrument: Ultrascope, Model MKII. 
Manufacturer: Optech International Ltd., New Zealand. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to teach the courses Gross and Developmental 
Anatomy, Pathology and Neuroscience to large classes of medical 
students and other personnel. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 25, 1997.

    DOCKET NUMBER: 97-051. Applicant: University of Notre Dame, 152A 
Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, 
Model DELTAplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan, Germany. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to perform ion ratio mass spectrometry 
for carbon, nitrogen and sulfur stable isotopes. In addition, the 
instrument will be used for educational purposes in geochemistry, 
anthropology and bioscience courses. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 25, 1997.

    DOCKET NUMBER: 97-052. Applicant: Albert Einstein College of 
Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461-1602. Instrument: 
Ion Source Kit for Mass Spectrometer, Model ES002. Manufacturer: The 
Protein Analysis Company, Denmark. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for studies of commercial biopolymeric samples and those isolated 
from biological sources in order to determine their molecular weights 
and structural characteristics. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 25, 1997.

    DOCKET NUMBER: 97-053. Applicant: Western Michigan University, 1201 
Oliver Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5167. Instrument: Electron Energy 
Analyzer. Manufacturer: Scienta Instrument AB, Sweden. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for the study of the structure of molecules 
and atoms in the gas phase to obtain ultra-high resolution measurement 
in the structure of subject gases. In addition, the instrument will be 
used in atomic and molecular courses to teach graduate and 
undergraduate students about advanced light source at Lawrence Berkeley 
National Laboratory. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
June 26, 1997.
Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-19718 Filed 7-25-97; 8:45 am]
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