[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53547-53548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23192]


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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: 03-041. Applicant: University of Michigan, NERS, 
2355 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Instrument: (2) each 
CdZnTe Conplanar Grad Radiation Detectors. Manufacturer: Baltic 
Scientific Instruments, Latvia. Intended Use: The instruments are 
intended to be used to study gamma rays and to investigate high energy 
photons ranging from 10 keV to 100 MeV in energy to achieve the best 
possible energy resolution. Technology development will eventually be 
applied by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for space 
exploration purposes such as soil analysis of the surface of Mars. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 5, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-042. Applicant: University of California, 
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 
94720. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 20 
S-TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to study and characterize inorganic 
nanocrystals with the research objective to identify new forms of 
nanocrystals and their synthetic routes for the advancement of various 
scientific applications such as use in solar cells. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 5, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-043. Applicant: University of Chicago, Department 
of Pediatrics, 5839 South Maryland Avenue, MC 5053, Chicago, IL 60637-
1470. Instrument: Microscope

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Accessories. Manufacturer: Luigs & Neumann GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: 
The accessories are intended to be used to study gonadotropin-releasing 
hormone (GnRH) neurons in brain slices of transgenic mice to determine 
the electrical activity required for GnRH secretory pulses, which are 
essential for pubertal development and reproduction. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 20, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-044. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010 and Accessories. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to study monodisperse semiconductor nanocrystals 
such as CdSe, PbSe and ZnSe, as well as metal nanocrystals such as Co 
and AuCo. Thin films of nitrides and oxides of Gallium and Aluminum 
grown by epitaxial techniques will also be investigated. Experiments 
will be conducted to determine the size, morphology and structure to 
provide feedback to the crystal growers so that the correct chemistry 
is achieved in producing the desired nanocrystals and to provide data 
to the spectroscopists to model the light emission of the nanocrystals. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 20, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-045. Applicant: Indiana University School of 
Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, 635 Barnhill Drive, 
Room 5065, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model Tecnai G 2 12 BioTWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for 
research in the evaluation of the cellular and subcellular alteration 
associated with the development of kidney stones, ischemic changes in 
the development of acute renal failure, ischemic changes in the brain, 
the mechanics associated with the infection of the cells by the HIV 
virus, the dynamic cellular and subcellular changes associated with the 
contraction of smooth muscle cells and the mechanism associated with 
the incorporation of cardiogenic stem cells into the damaged heart. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 20, 2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-23192 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]
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