[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 5504]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2628]


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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: 97-099. Applicant: Indiana/Purdue University, 620 
Union Drive, Room 542, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Instrument: Xenon 
Flashlamp, Model JML-C2. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in a 
research project involving the investigation of contraction in muscle. 
Caged-calcium molecules are introduced into the muscle fiber and in 
response to a flash of UV light, the molecules will be photolyzed and 
free calcium ions will be released in a controlled manner. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 11, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-100. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, Department of Medicine 0-931, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 
92093-0931. Instrument: Digital Sleep Recorder, Model VitaPort 2. 
Manufacturer: TEMEC Instruments BV, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used for the study of the effects of 
microgravity on the human body, especially sleep functions, circadian 
rhythm changes and pulmonary function. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 12, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-101. Applicant: Rutgers--The State University of 
New Jersey, Physics Department, P. O. Box 6999, Piscataway, NJ 08855. 
Instrument: Automated Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat System, 
Model EMT 101. Manufacturer: Termis, Ltd., C.I.S. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for the study of the charge and spin states in 
correlated materials, which include tramri on metal oxides, rare-earth 
intermetallic compounds and hybridized narrow-gap semiconductors. The 
objective of this study is to understand the thermodynamic properties 
of strongly correlated materials. Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: December 12, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-2628 Filed 2-2-98; 8:45 am]
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