[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 161 (Thursday, August 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44608-44609]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22437]


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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: 98-037. Applicant: Finch University of Health 
Sciences, The Chicago Medical School, 3333 Green Bay Road, North 
Chicago, IL

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60064-3095. Instrument: Electrode Puller, Model PD-5. Manufacturer: 
Narishige Co., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
investigations of the cellular and network properties of the nervous 
system in the marine mollusk Tritonia diomedea that underlie decision-
making and learning. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
July 20, 1998.

    Docket Number: 98-038. Applicant: The Salk Institute for Biological 
Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: 
Diffractometer and X-Ray Generator, Models DIP-2030H and MO6X. 
Manufacturer: MAC Science Co., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to collect x-ray diffraction data 
from crystals made with certain biological macromolecules in order to 
study phenomena such as signal transduction, ion conductance and 
protein DNA recognition. The experimental plan will consist of 
purifying the proteins, crystallizing them in an optimum condition in 
the wet bench laboratory, then recording the diffraction pattern using 
the x-ray instrument and imaging plates system. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: July 24, 1998.

    Docket Number: 98-039. Instrument: Laser Optics, Version 2. 
Manufacturer: Radiant Dyes Laser Accessories, GmbH, Germany. Docket 
Number: 98-040. Instrument: Laser, Model SL404G-10. Manufacturer: 
Spectron Laser Systems, United Kingdom. Applicant: Princeton 
University, Purchasing Department, Armory Building, 110 Washington 
Road, Princeton, NJ 08544. Intended Use: The instruments will be used 
for studies of the atmospheric constituents sulfuric acid and water. 
Experiments will consist of mixing sulfuric acid and water vapors and 
ionizing them with multi-photon ionization using the Nd-YAG and dye 
lasers to determine the rate of formation of particles from sulfuric 
acid and water mixtures. Applications accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: July 30, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-22437 Filed 8-19-98; 8:45 am]
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