[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 210 (Friday, October 30, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58367-58368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29164]


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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

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Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 98-048. Applicant: North Carolina State University, 
Purchasing Department, Box 7212, Raleigh, NC 27695. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the microstructure 
and chemistry of various semiconductors, semiconductor-based 
heterostructures, metals, metal alloys, composites, and ceramics 
including high-temperature superconductors and relative multilayered 
structures. In addition, the instrument will be used for students in 
the TEM course MAT 515 where they learn theoretical aspects of electron 
microscopy. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 1, 
1998.
    Docket Number: 98-049. Applicant: North Carolina State University, 
Purchasing Department, Campus Box 7212, Raleigh, NC 27695-7212. 
Instrument: Oxylite Oxygen Monitor, Model 2000. Manufacturer: Oxford 
Optonix Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
to measure oxygenation in spontaneous canine and feline tumors, a model 
of human cancer. These measurements will be done as part of ongoing 
studies of experimental cancer treatment, and the study of tumor 
physiology. The instrument will also be used to measure changes in 
tumor oxygenation produced by interventions such as breathing toxic 
gases or through use of vasoactive agents. The objectives of these 
experiments will be to more completely classify the extent of tumor 
oxygenation, to relate oxygen concentrations to treatment with 
radiation and/or hyperthermia and to assess changes in oxygenation 
during treatment. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
October 6, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-29164 Filed 10-29-98; 8:45 am]
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