[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-25632]
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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: 94-106. Applicant: Texas A&M Research Foundation,
Box 3578, University Drive & Wellborn Road, College Station, TX 77843-
3578. Instrument: Two Fluorometers and Accessories, Model AquatrackA MK
III. Manufacturer: Chelsea Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use:
The instruments will be used to measure chlorophyll-a (produced by
phytoplankton) in order to distinguish the percentage of water
turbidity caused by phytoplankton from turbidity caused by inorganic
suspended sediment. One instrument will be deployed on a fixed platform
in the Lower Laguna Madre, Texas and automatically collect data at
selected time intervals. The second instrument will be deployed on a
boat which will profile the water column at selected locations. The
data collected will be stored on computers and analyzed for periodic
variability in chlorophyll-a content of the bay water. Application
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 9, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-107. Applicant: Brigham Young University,
Purchasing Department, C-144 ASB, Provo, UT 85602. Instrument: Excimer-
Pumped Laser System. Manufacturer: Lambda-Physik, Germany. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used to determine elemental concentration
in a wide range of materials, including inorganic compounds and high
molecular weight organic molecules. It will also be used in the
fundamental characterization of analytically useful plasmas and in
studies of supersonically cooled molecules and molecules on surfaces.
In addition, the instruments will be used in undergraduate and graduate
research courses in chemistry giving students hands-on training with
significant research problems. Application Accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: September 13, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-108. Applicant: Arizona State University,
Department of Physics & Astronomy, Box 871504, Tempe, AZ 85387-1504.
Instrument: Toroidal Electrostatic Analyzer. Manufacturer: High Voltage
Engineering Europa, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will
be used for studies of crystalline semiconductors and metals in bulk
form and in thin film form to determine the precise location and
identity of atoms at or very near the surface. In addition, the
instrument will be used to train graduate students in state-of the-art
ion beam analysis techniques. Application Accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: September 15, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-109. Applicant: Medical College of Pennsylvania,
Anatomy & Neurobiology Department, 3200 Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
19129. Instrument: High Intensity Xenon Flashlamp System, Model HF-10.
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for studies of fundamental properties of the
regulation of stimulu-secretion coupling for neurotransmitters in
living single isolated cells and nerve terminals. Application Accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: September 15, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-110. Applicant: Dartmouth College, Department of
Earth Sciences, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755. Instrument: Mass
Spectrometer, Model MAT 252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for analyzing oxygen and
carbon isotopes of rocks and minerals, plants and animals, and waters
for geological, biological and environmental studies. The research will
include the following: ecosystem research, low temperature
geochemistry, high temperature geochemistry, and impact geochemistry.
In addition, the instrument will be used in both undergraduate and
graduate level courses to introduce students to the concepts of isotope
geochemistry. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
September 22, 1994.
Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 94-25632 Filed 10-14-94; 8:45 am]
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