[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 151 (Wednesday, August 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42236-42237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20639]


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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: 97-059. Applicant: University of Connecticut, School 
of Pharmacy, 372 Fairfield Road, Storrs, CT 06269-2092. Instrument: 
Interfacial Rheometer, Model CIR-100. Manufacturer: Camtel Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate the 
interfacial rheology of proteins, surfactants and other surface active 
agents and determine their film strength. These investigations will be 
conducted in order (1) to obtain a clear understanding

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of the role of interfacial rheology in emulsion and microcapsule 
stability and protein denaturation; (2) to determine conditions and 
identify substances that will result in the formation of more stable 
emulsions and microcapsules; and (3) to identify conditions that result 
in protein denaturation, molecular unfolding, competition between 
molecules for the interfacial space and conditions that protect against 
protein denaturation. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
July 10, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-061. Applicant: Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, 360 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543. Instrument: IR 
Mass Spectrometer, Model DELTAplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the 
production of organic material by marine algae, the consumption of that 
material within the oceanic water column and the fate of the residual 
organic matter arriving at the seafloor. Specifically, the instrument 
will be used to measure the abundances of the stable isotopes of 
carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: July 16, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-063. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, 207 Henry 
Administration Building, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: (2) Gas 
Composition Analyzers, Model Epison III. Manufacturer: Thomas Swan & 
Co. Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
study the electronic and optical properties of Indium-containing 
semiconductor compounds and their use in microelectronic and 
optoelectron devices. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
July 16, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-20639 Filed 8-5-97; 8:45 am]
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