[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 14, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52944-52945]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20644]


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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: 02-032. Applicant: Thomas Jefferson University, 1020 
Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107-5587. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model Morgagni 268 Film version. Manufacturer: FEI Company, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in 
research on fixed rat brain tissue to identify interactions between 
endogenous opioids and corticotropin-releasing factor (CFR) that impact 
on a biogenic amine system which is involved in both stress and opioid 
actions, the locus coeruleus (LC)-norepinephrine (NE) system. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 16, 2002.

    Docket Number: 02-033. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: High Speed CCD Camera, Model CPL 
MS1000. Manufacturer: Canadian Photonic Labs, Canada. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to visualize high speed fluid flow in 
a variety of applications including: (1) Detachment of mechanisms of 
compound droplets from submerged needles and (2) visualize particulate 
flows in microchannels under videomicroscopy. The experimental 
objectives are to aid in the understanding of fundamental fluid 
mechanical mechanisms which cannot be observed with the human eye or 
normal video. The camera may be used for educational purposes in the 
following courses: (1) ME143 (Intro to Fluid Mechanics), (2) ME243 
(Inviscid Flow), (3) ME249 (Computational Fluids Engineering) and (4) 
ME343 (Advanced Fluid Dynamics). Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: July 30, 2002.

    Docket Number: 02-034. Applicant: Alaska Department of Fish & Game, 
Division of Commercial Fisheries, 333 Raspberry Road, Anchorage, AK 
99518. Instrument: (Two) Digital Fish Measuring Boards. Model FMB IV/
64/10. Manufacturer: Limnoterra Ltd., Canada. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to monitor salmon and herring 
populations including measuring fish weight and lengths. Growth data 
will be collected from discreet herring and salmon runs when they enter 
their spawning grounds to understand the relationships between natural 
cycling, environmental pressures, and fish stock overall health more 
completely. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 30, 
2002.

    Docket Number: 02-035. Applicant: West Chester University of 
Pennsylvania, Purchasing Office, 201 Carter Drive, Suite 200, West 
Chester, PA 19383. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 12 
TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used in research programs including: (1) A 
taxonomic investigation of bryophytes, (2) the nuclear localization of 
the retinol metabolizing enzyme 9-cis retinol dehydrogenase within 
cancerous and normal mammary tissue and (3) the visualization of the 
early events that occur at the gap junctions of insect ovarian follicle 
cells. The instrument will also be used in the following

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courses: (1) Research Techniques I (Comparative Microscopy, Internship, 
and Independent Study and (2) Field Techniques, Techniques in 
Mineralogy and Internship. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: August 1, 2002.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-20644 Filed 8-13-02; 8:45 am]
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