[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11869-11870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-6287]


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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

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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: 98-005. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model LEEM III. Manufacturer: Elmitec Elektronenmikroskopie GmbH, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for investigations 
of the following materials and phenomena: (1) Dynamics of surface 
structural changes, including nucleation and growth of metal, 
semiconductor, and oxide overlayers and critical phenomena in surface 
and island diffusion, (2) structural effects on adsorbates, including 
segregation, diffusion, and reactivity, and (3) synthesis and 
characterization of nano-scale materials, including quantum dots, thin-
film fullerene polymers, and nanoclusters. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 4, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-006. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control & 
Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 
Willowdale Road, MS 3014, Morgantown, WV 26505-2888. Instrument: 
Stereological Microscope System, Model BX50. Manufacturer: Olympus 
Denmark, Denmark. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies 
of the neural cell number, cell size and cell density contained in 
microscopic sections of brain tissue prepared from experimental animals 
used in occupational safety and health research. The objective of these 
investigations will be to obtain a greater understanding of how brain 
cells are affected by exposure to chemicals in the workplace 
environment. In addition, the instrument will be used for training 
postdoctoral fellows and staff in biomedical research. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 4, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-007. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 
Neurosurgery Department, Lions Research Building, 2001 Sixth Street, 
S.E., #421, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: 7-Channel Multi-
electrode Manipulator, System Echorn 7. Manufacturer: Thomas Recording, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate how 
the brain processes visual information to move our limbs. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 4, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-008. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0359. Instrument: Imaging 
Plate X-ray Detector for Protein Crystallography. Manufacturer: MAR 
Research, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in a high 
speed data collection system for protein crystallography using both 
copper Ka x-ray and molybdenum Ka x-ray to collect data to find the 
three-dimensional structure of proteins or enzymes using x-ray 
diffraction methods at very high resolution. In addition, the 
instrument will be used on a one-to-one basis in the training of 
graduate students. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
February 6, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-009. Applicant: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Rt. 270 and Quince Orchard 
Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: Neutron Velocity Selector. 
Manufacturer: Mirrotron, Ltd., Hungary. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to monochromate low energy neutrons so that they can be 
used to probe the microscopic structure of a broad range of advanced 
materials such as tough plastics, high strength metal alloys, 
structural ceramics, magnetic recording media, colloidal solutions, 
liquid crystals, micro-porous materials, etc. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 9, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-6287 Filed 3-10-98; 8:45 am]
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