[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 45 (Thursday, March 7, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10388-10389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5471]


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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 Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 02-005. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State 
University, EM Facility, The Life Sciences Consortium, 519 Wartik Lab, 
University Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Slow Scan CCD Camera, Model 
TemCam F-224. Manufacturer: Tietz Video and Image Processing Systems 
GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
study the following: (1) Organized chromatin domains in yeast 
minichromosomes, (2) viruses, cell organelles and whole cells, (3) 
ultrathin sections of tissues, (4) colloids, (5) nanostructures, and 
(6) biopolymers. Experiments in plant pathology involve the imaging of 
aphid vector viruses; those in analytical chemistry--barcode patterns 
built into metal rods during their synthesis via template-directed 
electrochemical disposition; those in neurochemistry -- 
neurotransmitters in dense core vesicles and others in solid state 
synthesis--three-dimensional perovskites from two-dimensional 
precursors. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 
21, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-006. Applicant: Saint Joseph's University, 
Department of Biology, 5600 City Avenue, Science Center, Philadelphia, 
PA 19131.

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Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
examine negative stained bacteria and ultrathin sections of various 
biological material. Research projects include:
    (1) Characterization of the ultrastructural organization of 
vertebrate and invertebrate retina and associated cells, and cellular 
structures of a fungus.
    (2) Observation of shark endoskeletal structures to characterize 
patterns of mineralization during development.
    (3) Examination of the bacterium, Bdellivibrio bacteriovorus, to 
study the developmental life cycle.
    (4) Qualitative examination of particle morphology and electron 
diffraction studies of synthesized metal oxides involving the role of 
metal oxides on the reduction of organic pollutants. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 22, 2002.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-5471 Filed 3-6-02; 8:45 am]
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