[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 26 (Friday, February 7, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 6415]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3083]


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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: 02-052. Applicant: University of Chicago, 920 East 
58th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
Tecnai G 2 F30 S-TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for 
research in the following areas:
1. Nanostructured Solids
    Projects investigating metal, semiconductor, and biological 
nanocrystals, focusing both on the characterization of individual 
nanocrystals as well as on their self-assembly properties.
2. Nanostructured Polyumer Architectures
    Projects aimed at elucidating the nanoscale phase separation and 
pattern formation of block copolymers, including novel conjugated 
copolymers. Also, the use of those copolymer structures as nano-
templates and scaffolds for organic/inorganic composites.
3. Nanoscale Bio-Structures
    Projects investigating the structure and formation of bio-fibers 
and bio-membranes, as well as their potential for novel materials 
applications.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 27, 2002.
    Docket Number: 03-001. Applicant: University of Missouri-Kansas 
City, School of Dentistry, 650 E. 25th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108. 
Instrument: (2) Each Scanning Acoustic Microscopes, Models SAM 2000 and 
WINSAM 100. Manufacturer: Kramer Scientific Instruments GmbH, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instruments are intended to be used for projects 
including micro-mechanical measurement at the cellular/tissue level, 
and interfacial coupling defects in experimental oxirane/polyol 
composites. Other studies include: (1) Determining whether the lack of 
mechanical strain permits the osteocyte to send signals initiating bone 
resorption and (2) to study the fracture mechanics of newly synthesized 
low-shrinking and low-stress producing resin composite restorative 
materials. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 3, 
2003.
    Docket Number: 03-002. Applicant: University of Colorado, JILA, 440 
UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0440. Instrument: DFB Fiber Laser with 
Amplifier, Model Y10. Manufacturer: Koheras A/S, Denmark. Intended Use: 
The instrument is intended to be used to study the energy level of a 
single trapped Hg+ ion. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: January 15, 2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-3083 Filed 2-6-03; 8:45 am]
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