[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45397]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22692]


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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: 97-069. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Angeles, 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1569.
    Instrument: Stopped-Flow Reaction Analyzer, Model SX.18MV.
    Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom.
    Intended Use: The instrument will be used in the study of 
inorganic, bioinorganic and organometallic reaction mechanisms by 
monitoring kinetics and detecting and identifying intermediates. The 
main area of research interest is the activation of 02 in 
nonheme monoxygenases and inorganic model complexes. These studies are 
aimed toward understanding the role of the metal and its ligand 
environment in facilitating 0-0 bond cleavage and giving specific 
oxidation products. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
August 5, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-070. Applicant: Yale University, P.O. Box 208202, 
New Haven, CT 06520-8202. Instrument: Signal Conditional Processor, 
Model SIGMA-5-DF. Manufacturer: CardioDynamics BV, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to determine ventricular 
volume based on the measurement of the electrical conductance of the 
blood in a ventricular cavity during the study of the effects of 
milrinone on left and right ventricular contractility using load-
independent indices. In addition, the instrument will be used in 
another project involving the assessment of the effects of two low dose 
infusion rates of adenosine on right ventricular contractility in 
patients with pulmonary hypertension undergoing cardiac surgery. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 5, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-071. Applicant: Colorado School of Mines, Golden, 
CO 80401. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model JMS-700T. Manufacturer: 
JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the 
study of pyrolysis products from bacteria using resolution tandem mass 
spectrometry required to identify the products and their associated 
electron ionization chemistry. In addition, the instrument will be used 
for educational purposes in the courses CHGN 311 Integrated Laboratory 
and CHGN 602 Special Topics in Mass Spectrometry. The object of both of 
these courses will be to expose both the undergraduate and graduate 
students to a state-of-the-art mass spectrometer. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: August 12, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-072. Applicant: Harvard Medical School, New 
England Regional Primate Research Center, One Pine Hill Drive, 
Southborough, MA 01772-9102. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for studies of tissues and cells from animals and cell 
lines of animal origin which will involve examination for changes in 
cell morphology and localization of cellular or parasitic (viral, 
bacterial, fungal, etc.) antigens or nucleic acid and ultrastructural 
effects of infectious diseases such as AIDS. The article will also be 
used for teaching theory and practical application of electron 
microscopy to graduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 13, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-22692 Filed 8-26-97; 8:45 am]
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