[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 16, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1132]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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 an 
instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is 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 Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 01-022. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute, 
10550 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model Tecnai F20T. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in the 
study of the following:
    (1) Cowpea Mosaic Virus isolated from infected plants.
    (2) NwV Mosaic Virus isolated from insect cells.
    (3) Muscle Proteins isolated from vertebrate striated and smooth 
muscle fibers.
    (4) Microtubules and associated proteins isolated from bovine brain 
or from bacterial expression systems.
    (5) CHIP28 Water Channels isolated from human erythrocytes.
    (6) Aqua Porins isolated from plants.
    (7) Acetylcholine Receptors isolated from the electric organ of 
Torpedo californica and T.marmorata.
    (8) Gap Junctions isolated from rat hearts and liver as well as 
from tissue culture expression systems.
    (9) Rotavirus and Reovirus isolated from infected tissue culture 
cells.
    (10) Transcription Complexes from bacterial and yeast expression 
systems.
    (11) A number of enzyme complexes: fatty acid synthane, 
gylceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, hemocyanin, GroEL, isolated 
from various tissues of animal and plant origin.
    (12) Tobacco Mosaic Virus isolated from infected plants.
    The goals of the investigations are in general to understand the 
structural basis for how the subcellular organelles function and to 
elucidate the role that they play in the life of the cell.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 14, 2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-1132 Filed 1-15-02; 8:45 am]
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