[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 224 (Monday, November 22, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 63788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30382]


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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 5:00 p.m. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 99-025. Applicant: University of North Carolina, 
School of Pharmacy, CB #7360, Beard Hall, S. Colombia Street, Chapel 
Hill, NC 27599. Instrument: Nose Only Inhalation System. Manufacturer: 
ADG Developments Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to evaluate novel therapies for the treatment of 
tuberculosis in animal models by delivering aerosols of drug by nose 
only exposure to Mycobacterium infected guinea pigs. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 28, 1999.

    Docket Number: 99-026. Applicant: Boston University, Department of 
Biology, 44 Cummington Street, Boston, MA 02215. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used in the study of the 
ultrastructure of biological specimens, especially neurons in the brain 
during experiments conducted to determine whether the structure of 
neurons is altered under a variety of experimental conditions, such as 
different levels of activity or molecular signaling. In addition, the 
instrument will be used to investigate the development and maturation 
of brain neurons and their synapses to determine how structure and 
ultrastructure change with growth and maturation of the organism. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 28, 1999.

    Docket Number: 99-027. Applicant: University of Hawaii, School of 
Ocean, Earth Science and Technology, Department of Oceanography, 1000 
Pope Road, MSB 610, Honolulu, HI 96822. Instrument: Low-Level Beta 
Counter, Model GM-25-5. Manufacturer: Riso National Laboratory, 
Denmark. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for the 
measurement of naturally occurring radionuclides in seawater. Various 
marine regimes will be sampled at a variety of oceanic depths in order 
to estimate the spatial and temporal distribution of radioactive 
elements. The instrument will be used during the graduate level course 
Ocean 633, Chemical Oceanography Lab Methods to teach oceanographic 
laboratory and field analytical techniques. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: November 4, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-30382 Filed 11-19-99; 8:45 am]
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