[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 8210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4134]


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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: 03-004.
    Applicant: University of Kentucky, Chem/Physics Building, Room 177, 
Lexington, KY 40506.
    Instrument: IR Image Furnace, Model SCII-MDH-11020.
    Manufacturer: NEC Machinery Corporation, Japan.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for synthesis 
of single crystals of oxides such as ruthenatium and copper for 
fundamental materials research and to understand their magnetic and 
electronic properties.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 24, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-005.
    Applicant: Northwestern University, Searle 5-474, MC S205, 320 East 
Superior Street, Chicago, IL 60637.
    Instrument: MSM System Series 300 Yeast Manipulator and Micro 
Zapper.
    Manufacturer: Singer Instrument Company Limited, United Kingdom.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study the 
biological function of yeast SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex. 
Experiments to be conducted include yeast mating, sporulation and 
zygote isolation.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 30, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-006.
    Applicant: MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, 
Cleveland, OH 44109-1998.
    Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 12 
TWIN.
    Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for research 
which will include:
    1. Structural alterations in pulmonary vasculature caused by 
embolized particles present in pharmaceutical tablets.
    2. Structural-correlative studies of lung morphology in patients 
with acute lung injury, including adult respiratory distress syndrome.
    3. Evaluation of ultrastructural abnormalities of human and animal 
neoplasms including pulmonary and extrapulmonary tumors.
    4. Defining new ultrastructural abnormalities of respiratory cilia 
which may play a role in ``immotile cilia syndrome'' and the 
development of bronchiectasis.
    5. Response of the human lung to mineral dusts.
    6. Defining gene function in disease pathogenesis.
    7. Determining which neurotransmitter peptides are localized in 
DiO-labelled synaptic terminals of the aortic depressor nerve.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 4, 2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-4134 Filed 2-19-03; 8:45 am]
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