[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 55972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27771]
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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: 95-080R. Applicant: Santa Rosa Outpatient
Rehabilitation Hospital, 2829 Babcock Road, San Antonio, TX 78229.
Instrument: 3-Dimensional Motion Analyzer System, Model VICON 370.
Manufacturer: Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:
Original notice of this resubmitted application was published in the
Federal Register of September 19, 1995.
Docket Number: 96-102. Applicant: Yale University, Magnetic
Resonance Center, 333 Cedar Street, P. O. Box 208043, New Haven, CT
06520. Instrument: SIMS IVS Console. Manufacturer: Surrey Medical
Imaging Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will
be used to develop and apply magnetic resonance methods for imaging
blood flow, tissue perfusion, intra and extracellular swelling,
alterations in cellular membranes, tissue fuel sources, metabolic fuel
consumption, enzymatic regulation of metabolism by using an existing
4.7 Tesla magnetic resonance spectrometer. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: September 27, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-103. Applicant: Stevens Institute of Technology,
Castle Point on Hudson, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Instrument: Stopped-Flow/
Scanning Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied
Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used for studies of the kinetics of human alcohol dehydrogenase
isoenzymes from the liver and stomach and for studies of the kinetics
of a human liver cytochrome P450 isoenzyme that metabolizes ethanol.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 1, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-104. Applicant: University of Georgia, D W Brooks
Drive, Warnell School of Forest Resources, Building #4, Room 102,
Athens, GA 30602. Instrument: Environmental Process Control Laboratory.
Manufacturer: Minworth Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to monitor the transport and biochemical
transformation of carbon-, nitrogen-and phosphorus-bearing materials in
water and the behavior of the microbiological organisms responsible for
these biochemical transformations. The goal of the research is to
support the development and evaluation of computer simulation models of
the behavior of the pollutants in the natural environment and in
treatment systems, with a view to elaborating better ways of operating
such systems and of forecasting the consequences of alternative schemes
for managing and protecting the natural environment. In addition, the
instrument will be used in a graduate-level course to teach students
how to use it. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October
1, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-105. Applicant: Arizona Science Center, 147 E.
Adams Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004-2394. Instrument: Interactive Imaging
System, Model Magicam. Manufacturer: Optech International Ltd., New
Zealand. Intended Use: The instrument will be used as an educational
tool in geology and biology exhibit halls to allow the visitor to use
the system to further explore provided examples in each of the
galleries. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 2,
1996.
Docket Number: 96-106. Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University,
Department of Chemistry, 3400 Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218.
Instrument: EPR Spectrometer, Model EMX 10/2.7. Manufacturer: Bruker
Instruments, Inc., Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used
for electron spin resonance measurements at room and variable
temperatures during investigations that include characterization of
paramagnetic centers in biomolecules, organic compounds, inorganic
coordination compounds and solid state materials, identification of
photo- and redox-active sites and elucidation of reaction mechanisms.
In addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in
chemistry laboratory courses. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: October 2, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-108. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control &
Prevention, Mailstop G-36, 1600 Clifton Road, N. E., Atlanta, GA 30333.
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Reflex II. Manufacturer: Bruker
Analytical, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to
assess the molecular weight of the intact biopolymers and of synthetic
intermediates employed in the syntheses and fragments generated from
the biopolymers. Together, this information provides important evidence
for the correct structure of the synthetic biotechnology products.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 7, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-27771 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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