[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 58 (Monday, March 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 16445]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-7408]


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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: 01-006. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
750 University Avenue, A.W. Peterson Building, Madison, WI 53706. 
Instrument: Photoelectron Emission Microscope, Model PEEM III. 
Manufacturer: ELMITEC Elektronenmikroskopie, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used in conjunction with a synchrotron x-
ray source to perform spatially resolved element and chemical state 
analysis. In addition, the instrument will be used to study a wide 
range of specimen types, including biological specimens and material 
science samples. Specific experimental projects will include:
    (1) Gadolinium neutron capture therapy for brain cancer--detect and 
map the uptake of Gd containing drugs in cancer cells and tissue, hence 
directly test the efficacy of potential anti-cancer drugs before 
clinical trials,
    (2) Geomicrobiology--investigate the chemical mechanisms which 
allow microorganisms to interact with and gain energy from the 
environment which occurs at a sub micron scale, and
    (3) Colossal magnetoresistive materials--verifying or refuting a 
number of theories that predict unusual behavior of electrons in the 
manganate series of these materials.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 1, 2001.
    Docket Number: 01-007. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
750 University Avenue, A.W. Peterson Building, Madison, WI 53706. 
Instrument: Sample Preparation Chamber with accessories. Manufacturer: 
ELMITEC Elektronenmikroskopie, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used for studies of spatially resolved x-ray absorption 
techniques for chemical analysis of complex biological, environmental 
and materials science specimens. The principal experiments are: (1) 
Investigation of the uptake of gadolinium containing drugs in tumor 
cells and tissue for novel cancer therapies, (2) geomicrobiology--the 
chemical interactions between microorganisms and mineral environments 
and (3) investigation of the electronic behavior of colossal 
magnetoresistant manganates. In addition, the instrument will be used 
to demonstrate microchemical analysis through x-ray absorption 
spectromicroscopy in a graduate level course on physical techniques in 
biophysics. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 
27, 2001.
    Docket Number: 01-008. Applicant: Boston College, Department of 
Physics, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study the 
microstructure of nano materials such as carbon nanotubes, catalysts 
for the growth of carbon nanotubes, high temperature superconductors, 
ceramics, semiconductors. While the instrument will be used primarily 
for research purposes, it will also be used on a one-on-one basis for 
training of faculty and graduate students in electron microscopy.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 1, 2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-7408 Filed 3-23-01; 8:45 am]
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