[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 99 (Wednesday, May 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35960-35961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12863]


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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 Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 02-013.
    Applicant: University of Saskatchewan, 110 Science Place, 
Saskatoon, SK, Canada, S7N 5C9.
    Instrument: Photoelectron Emission Microscope, Model PEEM III.
    Manufacturer: ELMITEC GmbH, Germany.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study the 
spatially resolved x-ray absorption spectra for the chemical analysis 
of complex organic, polymer and environmental materials. Principle 
experiments to be conducted are: (1) Investigation of protein binding 
on patterned organic surfaces, (2) tribology--investigation of the 
anti-wear properties of thin films on metal surfaces, and (3) 
exploration of the circular dichroism spectroscopy of chiral materials 
at x-ray wavelengths. The instrument will also be used in the courses 
CHEM 994 and CHEM 996.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 26, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-014.
    Applicant: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), 1617 Cole 
Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401.
    Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 F20 U-
TWIN STEM.
    Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study the 
structure and physical chemistry of semiconductors used in 
photovoltaics (solar cells). The goal of the investigations is to 
better understand the structural and chemical properties and relate 
them to the optical and electrical performance of thin film devices. In 
addition, the instrument will also be used to characterize a variety of 
nano-structured materials such as single walled carbon nano-tubes used 
for the development of hydrogen fuel cells.

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    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 26, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-015.
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California (Riverside 
Campus), Materiel Management--056, Riverside, CA 92521-0411.
    Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 12 TWIN.
    Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in the 
following research programs: (1) Development and evolution of nematode 
roundworms, (2) development of nerve function in mammals, (3) 
developmental processes related to plant reproduction, (4) reproductive 
processes in mice, and (5) the structure, function and processes of 
cell membranes in various animals. The instrument will also be used for 
educational purposes in the courses: (1) Bio/Nem 159, (2) MCLB/Biol 
121L, (3) Bio 200A, PP 200, (4) Ent 231, (5) Neuro 211, and (6) Nem 
226.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 26, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-016.
    Applicant: Associated Universities, Inc., National Radio Astronomy 
Observatory (AUI/NRAO), 520 Edgemont Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903.
    Instrument: Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) Radio Telescope.
    Manufacturer: Vertex Antennentechnik GmbH, Germany.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to serve as a test and 
evaluation instrument. The results of the evaluation will be used to 
finalize the design basis for the entire array of radio telescopes 
which will be located in Chile. The antennas of the Atacama Large 
Millimeter Array will collect millimeter and submillimeter waves from 
the cosmos and direct them through a series of mirrors into the cooled 
detectors. The purpose of the array is to collect the waves in such a 
fashion as to create an image of their source, cool gas and dust in the 
Universe. From these images the mechanisms of creation of planets stars 
and galaxies may be hypothesized and studied by astronomers and 
students.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 3, 2002.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-12863 Filed 5-21-02; 8:45 am]
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