[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 4895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1116]


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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, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 05-057. Applicant: Consortium for Astro-particle 
Research in Utah/University of Utah, Suite 200, 215 South State Street, 
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Instrument: Fluorescent Telescope Array; 
with Ground Scintillator, Laser Atmosphere Monitor and LAN Network. 
Manufacturer: Various; Japan, UK. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used in a joint US-Japan scientific project to measure 
the energy, pointing direction and chemical composition of ultra high 
energy cosmic rays using both the fluorescence technique, which uses 
large telescopes to observe fluorescent tracks from cosmic ray showers 
in the atmosphere and the secondary shower charged particle technique, 
which uses ground-based light sensing photo-tubes and counters to 
measure the number and timing of particle arrival. Results obtained by 
these techniques will be cross correlated for greater precision and 
making comparisons. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
December 13,2005.
    Docket Number: 05-058. Applicant: Villanova University, 800 
Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085 Instrument: Electron Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used for biological studies of: 
lipid rafts, developing muscle in birds, changes in ultrastructure of 
rat uteri following drug and hormone treatments, comparative 
ultrastructure of plants from extreme environments, ultrastructure of 
kinetoplastid flagellates in insects, etc. Materials science 
applications include examination of carbon nanotubes, metal 
nanoparticles, virus constructs, and plasmids. It will also be used for 
educational purposes. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
December 27, 2005.
    Docket Number: 06-001. Applicant: Medical College of Georgia, 1120 
15th Street, CB- 3909, Augusta, GA 30912. Instrument: Micromanipulator 
System. Manufacturer: Luigs & Neuman. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to maneuver electrophysiology equipment that 
requires precision in its location which will be centered around a 
confocal microscope. The overall goal of the research is to understand 
thedevelopment, structure and function of dendritic spines as they may 
relate to synapse and signaling in epileptic patients. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 11, 2006.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program ManagerStatutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E6-1116 Filed 1-27-06; 8:45 am]
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