[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 218 (Thursday, November 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30282]
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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 Room 4211,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC.
Docket Number: 98-052. Applicant: University of Maryland,
Baltimore, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, 685 W. Baltimore
Street, Room 222, Baltimore, MD 21201. Instrument: Patch Clamp System.
Manufacturer: Luigs and Neumann, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used to provide visual stimulation during experiments on the
processing of visual information in ferrets. In addition, the
instrument will be used in rotation courses for graduate students
preparing for thesis work. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: October 20, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-053. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey, Department of Ceramics and Material Engineering, 56 Bevier
Road, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Instrument: Superfine Mill and Crushing
Ring, Model MIC-2. Manufacturer: NARA Machinery Co. Ltd., Japan.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to make hydroxyapatite
biomaterials as well as lead magnesium niobate electronic materials
using novel mechanochemical phenomena. The experiments will consist of
blending different types of particulate raw materials that will be
subjected to mechanochemical stresses under a variety of operating
conditions of the instrument. In addition, the instrument will be used
by graduate students in a graduate program of ceramic science and
engineering. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October
22, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-054. Applicant: University of Illinois at
Chicago, Purchasing Division, 845 W. Taylor Street (M/C 273), Chicago,
IL 60607-7059. Instrument: Two-Zone Mercury Overpressure Annealing
System. Manufacturer: Cifer SRL, Italy. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to be used for studies of mercury cadmium telluride grown by
molecular beam epitaxy with the objective of obtaining multi-layer
mercury cadmium telluride structures with p on n junctions to fabricate
infrared detector arrays. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: October 23, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-055. Applicant: Mount Sinai School of Medicine,
One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029. Instrument: Electron
Microscope and Accessories, Model H-7500. Manufacturer: Hitachi
Scientific Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended
to be used to examine nervous system tissue in order to achieve the
aims of the following research projects: (1) Morphologic Basis for
Central Vestibular Inhibition, (2) Morphologic Basis for Central
Vestibular Adaptation, (3) Nitric Oxide Signaling in Hypergravity-
Induced Neuronal Plasticity and (4) Ultrastructural Anatomy of the
Toadfish Crista. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
October 23, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-056. Applicant: University of Wisconsin--Madison,
Biotechnology Center, 750 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706.
Instrument: Piezo Manipulator, Model PPM-150FU. Manufacturer: Prime
Tech Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to reduce
the trauma to oocytes during experiments involving the cloning of
rodents (mice and rats) from cultured cells. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: October 27, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-30282 Filed 11-10-98; 8:45 am]
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