[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 2024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-236]


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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: 05-061. Applicant: University of Michigan, 2355 
Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2104. Instrument: Application 
Specific Integrated Circuit. Manufacturer: Ideas ASA, Norway. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used as a compatible accessory 
for a unique 3-dimensional position sensitive CdZnTe semiconductor 
gamma-ray spectrometer. The article consists of a multi-channel charge 
sensing amplifier with very low noise of about 300 electrons rms for 
which three iterations have been developed in collaboration with Ideas 
ASA. The systems can get energy and 3D position information for not 
only single-interaction events, but for multiple-interaction events by 
using electron drift times. Excellent energy resolution for both 
single-interaction events (0.8% FWHM at 662 keV) and multiple-
interaction events (1.3% FWHM at 662 keV) has been achieved. A new 
scalable detector array system with plug-in electronics is required for 
further development of the spectrometer. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 27, 20005.
    Docket Number: 05-062. Applicant: University of Texas Medical 
Branch at Galveston, 301 University Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77555. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2200FS. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
examine and study:
(1) Biological macromolecules, cellular organelles and viruses
(2) Three dimensional structure
(3) Electron Microscope imaging at cryogenic temperatures
(4) Structure-functional relationship to pathologic potential
(5) Low electron radiation dose imaging of frozen-hydrated viruses to 
preserve structure.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 27, 2005.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E6-236 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am]
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