[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4492]


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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: 05-032. Applicant: State University of New York, 
Stony Brook. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model JEM-2200FS. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to directly observe atoms in crystalline materials, 
to perform quantitative imaging and electron diffraction experiments, 
to obtain detailed structural information from biological samples and 
to characterize and understand the crystallographic atomic and 
electronic structure of various technologically important 
materials.Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 20, 
2005.
    Docket Number: 05-034. Applicant: The University of Southern 
Mississippi, 118 College Drive, 5104, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-
0001. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2100. Manufacturer: 
JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used 
for analyzing polymers, composites, and biological materials. 
Objectives of studies will include practices which will prove 
successful in demonstrating the importance and usefulness of electron 
microscopy in polymer and biological research and education of 
students. It will also be used widely in courses. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: July 27, 2005.
    Docket Number: 05-035. Applicant: Princeton University, P.O. BOX 
33, 2 New South Building, Princeton, NJ 08544. Instrument: Geiger Mode 
Ionizing Counters. Manufacturer: pol.hi.tech, Italy. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used for conducting the ``BaBar'' 
experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center to detect 
penetrating ionizing particles emanating from decaying B mesons, to 
study all the systematics of B meson decay processes. The detectors 
will be installed at the Accelerator Center and will become an integral 
part of the experiment (which involves the participation of over 500 
scientists, worldwide) until its conclusion. The main objective is to 
study the puzzling phenomenon of CP violation, the only known 
difference in behavior of matter and antimatter. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: August 2, 2005.
    Docket Number: 05-036. Applicant: Areas Global TB Vaccine 
Foundation. Instrument: CyFlow ML Flow Cytometer, Model 16 parameter - 
4 light sources. Manufacturer: Partec, GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to investigate subsets of human and 
animal cells for special characteristics as cytokine production using 
human PMBC samples from clinical vaccination trials and cells from 
animal studies.
    Research will focus on:
1. Intracellular flow cytometry analysis of special subsets of cells to 
antigen-stimulation specific cytokine production
2. Develop clinical endpoint assay to assess effects of new vaccines.
3. Establish SOPs, validate the assay and train personnel.
4. Develop new flow-based assays for the assessment of dendritic cells.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 3, 2005.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E5-4492 Filed 8-16-05; 8:45 am]
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