[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15831-15832]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8549]


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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, DC 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 4211, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 97-086R. Applicant: The University of Texas at 
Austin, Bellmont 222, Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: 3-D Motion Analysis 
System, Model Vicon 140. Manufacturer: Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: Original notice of this resubmitted application 
was published in the Federal Register of October 15, 1997.

    Docket Number: 98-015. Applicant: Brown University, Center for 
Advanced Materials Research, 182 Hope Street, Box M, Providence, RI 
02912. Instrument: Material Preparation and Crystal Growth System, 
Model MCGS5. Manufacturer: Crystallox, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to grow single crystals of high 
temperature metallic materials that will be used for a variety of 
research projects. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
March 4, 1998.

    Docket Number: 98-016. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
750 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706-1490. Instrument: High Speed 
Length Controller, Model 308B. Manufacturer: Aurora Scientific Inc., 
Canada. Intended Use: The instrument will be used as part of an 
experimental apparatus whose purpose is the measurement of the 
mechanical properties of muscle cells, including heart cells. 
Experiments will include studies to determine the basis of calcium 
activation of muscle contraction and the role that calcium plays in the 
regulation of force generation and shortening speed. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 11, 1998.

    Docket Number: 98-017. Applicant: University of Colorado Health 
Sciences Center, Department of Pharmacology (C-236), 4200 E. Ninth 
Avenue, Denver, CO 80262. Instrument: High Intensity Xenon Flashlamp 
System, Model JML-C1. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used in experiments to determine 
the rapid and synchronous release of neurotransmitters or 
neuromodulators at specific regions of brain slices from rat 
hippocampal

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tissue. The objective of the proposed investigation is to determine the 
functional GABA-A receptor action along the dendrites and somal regions 
of CA1 pyramidal and interneuron cells in the rat hippocampus. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 12, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-018. Applicant: Emory University, Department of 
Neurology, 1639 Pierce Drive, Atlanta, GA 30322. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model H-7500. Manufacturer: Hitachi Scientific Instruments, 
Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for experiments 
involving the localization of markers of neuronal circuits, the 
subcellular localization of proteins playing a functional role in brain 
function or in brain diseases and the examination of changes in the 
brain that occur in animal models of neurodegenerative disorders. The 
objectives of the experiments are to learn more about brain circuitry 
and pharmacology and to help characterize key proteins involved in 
brain function or disease. The instrument will also be used for 
educational purposes in training of undergraduate, graduate and post-
graduate students in the use of electron microscopy for neuroscience 
research. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 13, 
1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-8549 Filed 3-31-98; 8:45 am]
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