[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 8164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4072]



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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: 98-001. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin, 
Materials Science & Engineering Center, MS&E--Building, ETC. Room 
9.102, M/C C2201, 26th & Dean Keaton Streets, Austin, TX 78712. 
Instrument: IR Image Furnace, Model SC-M35HD. Manufacturer: NEC 
Nichiden Machinery Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used in an ongoing research project that includes growth of transition-
metal oxide crystals with the objectives of providing highly reliable 
data to study the electronic behavior at the crossover from itinerant 
to localized electrons in transition-metal oxides. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: January 12, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-002. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: HD Collector Upgrade for Mass 
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Pro-Vac Services, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument is an accessory which will upgrade the analytical 
capabilities of an existing mass spectrometer to analyze stable isotope 
abundance of H in natural materials for a variety of environmental, 
biological and ecological research projects. In addition, the 
instrument will be used for educational purposes in the course 
Environmental Isotope Geochemistry for student practice of what is 
learned during the lecture part of the course. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 21, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-003. Applicant: University of Vermont, Department 
of Medicine, Given Building C-247, Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: 
(40 each) HV Stopcock (Laboratory Glassware). Manufacturer: Louwers 
Hapert Glasstechnics BV, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instruments 
are components assembled from tubes that will be used in the reduction 
of water to hydrogen by the zinc reduction method. Experiments will be 
conducted involving the use of double labeled water to determine 
metabolic rates of research subjects. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 21, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-004. Applicant: University of California at Los 
Angeles, Plasma Physics Laboratory, 405 Hilgard Avenue, P.O. Box 
951547, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547. Instrument: YAG Pumped Dye Laser. 
Manufacturer: Spectron Laser Systems, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used as the illuminator on a resonant lidar system. 
It will be used to excite sodium at 90 km altitude for the purposes of 
monitoring density during auroral conditions. The density will be 
monitored by tuning the dye laser to the sodium resonance wave length 
at 590 nm and measuring the strength of the return. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 26, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-4072 Filed 2-17-98; 8:45 am]
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