[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48811-48812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24711]


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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: 97-075. Applicant: University of Utah, Department of 
Geology and Geophysics, 719 W.B.B., Salt Lake City, UT 84112. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 215-50. Manufacturer: Mass 
Analyser Products, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to measure small stable isotope differences in natural 
materials in studies of the following: (1) production rates of 
cosmogenic isotopes, (2) cosmogenic dating of exposure surfaces, (3) 
groundwater dating using He-3 and He-4, (4) dissolved gases in waters: 
4H2 fluxes and (5) dissolved gases in waters: paleotemperatures. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in 
geology and biology courses. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: August 26, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-076. Applicant: University of California, School 
of Medicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, 4303 Tupper Hall, 
Davis, CA 95616. Instrument: Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometer, 
Model JES-TE100. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies of proteins spin-labeled with a 
nitroxide compound and proteins with a bound paramagnetic metal ion. 
The research focus is the elucidation of protein structure, in 
particular membrane proteins, using molecular genetic manipulation to 
incorporate spectroscopic probes at specific sites in protein. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for training undergraduate and 
graduate-level students and post-

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 doctoral fellows in the ESR spectroscopic techniques and their use in 
determining protein structure and function. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: August 28, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-24711 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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