[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 77749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31974]


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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: 02-047. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
NIAMS/LSBR, 50 South Drive, Building 50, Room 1517, Bethesda, MD 20892-
8025. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 12 TWIN. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to study retroviruses such as HIV 
(human immunodeficiency virus--the AIDS pathogen) and herpesviruses, 
such as herpes simplex type 1. By comparing tomograms of different 
individual particles, their variability in populations and their 
conserved features will be systemically characterized. Also, the 
instrument will be used to characterize the infection process whereby 
these viruses recognize, attach to, and enter susceptible cells. The 
viruses will be allowed to infect cultured cells, which will then be 
embedded, sectioned and visualized by tomography. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: November 19, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-048. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
National Institute of Mental Health, Division of Intramural Research, 
Molecular Imaging Branch, PET Radiopharmaceutical Sciences Section, 10 
Center Drive, Building 10, Room B3C346A, Bethesda, MD 20892-0135. 
Instrument: (2) each Multi-Tasking Radiosynthesis Devices with 
Accessories. Manufacturer: Synthia Lab System Sweden AB, Sweden. 
Intended Use: The instruments are intended to be used in a 
radiochemistry laboratory for the synthesis of radiolabeled drugs, 
which will be evaluated as probes of the chemistry of the living human 
and nonhuman primate brain. The synthesis involves use of high levels 
of radioactivity (up to 1,000 mCi), with gamma emission of high energy 
and high penetration. The instruments will operate the chemical 
synthesis devices without direct human contact and will, therefore, 
decrease radiation exposure to the workers. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: November 22, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-049. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 
Center for Neural Science, New York University, 4 Washington Place, 
Room 809, New York, NY 10003. Instrument: Multisync Clinton Monoray 
monitor and FE-1 Goggles. Manufacturer: Cambridge Research Systems 
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instruments are intended to be 
used to study stereoscopic vision in non-human primates. Behavioral 
measurements will be made of the animals' ability to achieve 
stereoscopic depth perception. The animals will be trained to indicate 
stimulus quality based on their binocular visual status. The studies 
are designed to define the degree of binocular function that is 
required for stereoscopic vision. The information will be important in 
future management of visual disorders in humans. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: November 26, 2002.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-31974 Filed 12-18-02; 8:45 am]
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