[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42006-42007]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18015]


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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.

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    Docket Number: 03-029. Applicant: Villanova University, 800 
Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085. Instrument: Fast Flame 
Ionization Detector (FID), Model HFR 500. Manufacturer: Cambustion Ltd, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
study the dynamic response of automotive exhaust after-treatment 
systems. Also, the instrument will be used on a variety of projects 
related to the dynamics measurement, modeling, diagnosis and control of 
exhaust after-treatment systems. Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: June 19, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-030. Applicant: The Research Foundation of the 
State University of New York, Institute for Laser, Photonics & 
Biophotonics, 428 Natural Sciences Complex, Buffalo, NY 14260. 
Instrument: Scanning Nearfield Optical Microscope, Model AlphaSNOM. 
Manufacturer: Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to study 
organic nanocrystals, photonic crystals, biological samples, and 
polymers. Objectives of the research are:
    1. Understanding of up-conversion mechanism in nanoscale for 
organic nanocrystals.
    2. The influence of photonic crystals on the nonlinear materials 
incorporated inside the structure.
    3. Intracellular tracking of viral particles.
    4. Optimize parameters in order to get highest resolution in case 
of near field scanning lithography for polymers.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 20, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-031. Applicant: Medical College of Georgia, 1120 
15th Street, CB-2803, Augusta, GA 30912-2630. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-1230 (HC). Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in research to 
understand the structure and functions of synapses in the developing 
and mature rat brain. Transmission electron microscopy coupled with 
serial-sectioning and 3D image reconstruction will be used in perform a 
quantitative analysis of the ultrastructure, connectivity, and 
plasticity of presynaptic, postsynaptic, and glial elements of rat 
brain. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 24, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-032. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Angeles, Department of Neurobiology, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los 
Angeles, CA 90095-1763. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 
G2 12 TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in the following 
applications for the high-resolution freeze-fraction technique: (1) To 
provide 3-D models of functionally characterized channels and 
transporters reconstituted in liposomes and (2) identify tags 
genetically engineered into the molecule, such as the green fluorescent 
protein (GFP) or single cysteine substitutions having gold particles 
chemically attached. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
June 26, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-033. Applicant: University of Washington, 
Department of Astronomy, 351580, Seattle, WA 98195. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 2 F20 S-TWIN MAT. 
Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used for the study of interplanetary dust 
particles (IDPs) which have been collected in Earth's stratophere by 
high-flying NASA aircraft. The instrument will also be used to study 
samples of comet dust returned to Earth in the year 2006 from the 
Stardust spacecraft. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
June 26, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-034. Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
ARS, PWA Office, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710. Instrument: 
Laboratory Decanter Centrifuge, Type MDZ 003. Manufacturer: Limetic 
GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
evaluate the separation of fraction of wheat slurries that have been 
prepared to enhance separability by density. Slurries of predeveloped 
wheat flour dough or batters that have been distributed and/or 
suspended in water or alcohol-water solutions will be separated. 
Machine paramets, flow rate and rpm will be assessed for their role in 
producing enriched fractions. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: July 1, 2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-18015 Filed 7-15-03; 8:45 am]
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