[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4032-4033]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2054]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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 Room
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue,
N.W., Washington, D.C.
Docket Number: 96-129. Applicant: University of Arizona, Soil,
Water and Environmental Science, Shantz 429, Building #38, Tucson, AZ
85721. Instrument: Surface Forces Apparatus, Model Mark 4.
Manufacturer: Australian National University, Australia. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to measure the force and distance between
two surfaces coated with the bacterial outer membranes and phase
separation of nonmiscible mixtures in mica slit pores. In addition, the
instrument will be used in the course, SWES 607 Surface Chemistry of
Soils, to teach students about molecular level phenomena that influence
the fate and transport of contaminants in the soil. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 4, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-131. Applicant: Oklahoma State University,
Purchasing Department, 208G Whitehurst, Stillwater, OK 74078.
Instrument: Ti:Sapphire Laser, Model MBR-110. Manufacturer: Microlase
Optical Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will
be used to conduct the following: (1) investigation of nonlinear
optical properties of semiconductor microresonators, (2) determination
of the compositions of composite media that enhance various nonlinear
optical properties and in particular the relative effects of absorptive
and dispersive contributions, (3) study of optical multistability in a
system consisting of atoms transmitting through the mode of an optical
resonator, (4) exploration of the interaction of atoms with very
precisely modulated monochromatic intracavity radiation and (5)
investigation of the interrelationship of various measures of cavity
loss and their effects on experiments that depend on precise knowledge
of atom-cavity coupling. In addition, the instrument will be used for
educational purposes in graduate and undergraduate level physics
courses. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 5,
1996.
Docket Number: 96-132. Applicant: National Institutes of Health,
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
Building 5, Room 108, Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Stopped-Flow
Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd.,
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studying
protein folding and unfolding kinetics. The instrument has been
redesigned to provide facile and accurate measurements of stopped-flow
kinetics using both fluorescence and absorbance detection. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 6, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-133. Applicant: National Institutes of Health,
Building 8, Room 421, 8 Center Drive, MSC 0850, Bethesda, MD 20892.
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM120. Manufacturer: Philips,
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study
animal cells and tissues and macromolecular aggregates and organelles
isolated from cells and tissue. These studies are designed to
investigate the structure of cells and to correlate change in structure
with functional variability leading to clinical disease. The objective
of this research is to learn about transport of lipids, lipases and
other molecules between and within normal cells and to identify
translocation defects in mutant cells. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December 9, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-134. Applicant: U. S. Department of the Interior,
U. S. Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, MS 431, Reston, VA
20192. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Deltaplus. Manufacturer:
Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to
analyze the isotopic composition of natural materials in geologic and
hydrologic systems. The studies will involve use of variations in the
isotopic abundance of oxygen, carbon, sulfur and nitrogen to
investigate problems in hydrology, geochemistry, microbiology and
paleoclimatology. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
December 10, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-135. Applicant: Medical University of South
Carolina, 171 Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC 29425. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Model JEM-1210. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used for ultrastructural studies involving
pediatric and adult cancer, retinal degenerative diseases,
osteoporosis, endometriosis, teratogenic effect of prenatal alcohol
exposure, cochlear changes associated with aging, cardiomyopathy and
adrenoleukeodystrophy. The objective of these studies is to better
understand the mechanisms involved in various disease processes. In
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in a
graduate level course entitled ``Techniques in Biological Electron
Microscopy.'' Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December
10, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-137. Applicant: Cornell University, Purchasing
Department, 55 Judd Falls Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. Instrument: Mass
Spectrometer, Model GEO 20-20. Manufacturer: Europa Scientific Ltd.,
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the high
precision determination of stable isotopes of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen,
nitrogen, and sulfur during studies of (1) water and CO2 flux in
environmental systems, (2) plant-water-atmosphere relationships and (3)
artificially enriched carbon, trace gases, and isotopes in carbonates.
In addition, the instrument will be used in the course BioES6xx:
Methods in Biogeochemistry to train research students. Application
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accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 16, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-138. Applicant: University of California,
Berkeley, Procurement and Business Contracts, Berkeley, CA 94720-5600.
Instrument: (4 each) Broadband Seismometers, Model STS-2. Manufacturer:
G. Streckeisen AG, Switzerland. Intended Use: The instruments will be
used to study the high frequency components of regional earthquakes and
the low frequency (long period) components of global teleseismic
earthquakes. The instruments are typically deployed in site specific,
specifically constructed observatories (vaults), and may be operated
continuously for 20-30 years. Alternatively, they are used to augment
data from permanent seismic observatories. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December 18, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-2054 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]
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