[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30282]



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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: 98-052. Applicant: University of Maryland, 
Baltimore, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, 685 W. Baltimore 
Street, Room 222, Baltimore, MD 21201. Instrument: Patch Clamp System. 
Manufacturer: Luigs and Neumann, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used to provide visual stimulation during experiments on the 
processing of visual information in ferrets. In addition, the 
instrument will be used in rotation courses for graduate students 
preparing for thesis work. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: October 20, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-053. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of 
New Jersey, Department of Ceramics and Material Engineering, 56 Bevier 
Road, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Instrument: Superfine Mill and Crushing 
Ring, Model MIC-2. Manufacturer: NARA Machinery Co. Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to make hydroxyapatite 
biomaterials as well as lead magnesium niobate electronic materials 
using novel mechanochemical phenomena. The experiments will consist of 
blending different types of particulate raw materials that will be 
subjected to mechanochemical stresses under a variety of operating 
conditions of the instrument. In addition, the instrument will be used 
by graduate students in a graduate program of ceramic science and 
engineering. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 
22, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-054. Applicant: University of Illinois at 
Chicago, Purchasing Division, 845 W. Taylor Street (M/C 273), Chicago, 
IL 60607-7059. Instrument: Two-Zone Mercury Overpressure Annealing 
System. Manufacturer: Cifer SRL, Italy. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used for studies of mercury cadmium telluride grown by 
molecular beam epitaxy with the objective of obtaining multi-layer 
mercury cadmium telluride structures with p on n junctions to fabricate 
infrared detector arrays. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: October 23, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-055. Applicant: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 
One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope and Accessories, Model H-7500. Manufacturer: Hitachi 
Scientific Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended 
to be used to examine nervous system tissue in order to achieve the 
aims of the following research projects: (1) Morphologic Basis for 
Central Vestibular Inhibition, (2) Morphologic Basis for Central 
Vestibular Adaptation, (3) Nitric Oxide Signaling in Hypergravity-
Induced Neuronal Plasticity and (4) Ultrastructural Anatomy of the 
Toadfish Crista. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
October 23, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-056. Applicant: University of Wisconsin--Madison, 
Biotechnology Center, 750 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. 
Instrument: Piezo Manipulator, Model PPM-150FU. Manufacturer: Prime 
Tech Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to reduce 
the trauma to oocytes during experiments involving the cloning of 
rodents (mice and rats) from cultured cells. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: October 27, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-30282 Filed 11-10-98; 8:45 am]
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