[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 59417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29938]
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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: 96-113. Applicant: The College of New Jersey,
Hillwood Lakes, CN-4700, Trenton, NJ 08650. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Model H-7000-S. Manufacturer: Hitachi Instruments, Japan.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to examine the following at
the ultrastructural level: (a) the gills and a recently discovered
gland in the blue crab, (b) the kidneys, gills and intestines of clams
and oysters and (c) the chromoplasts of algae. Research will be
conducted to determine: (a) the function of the newly discovered gland
and how it influences the function of the gill at various salinities,
(b) how the clam depurates heavy metals from its body through the
various organs believed to be involved in excretion and (c) the process
by which chloroplasts in the algae become replaced (or turned into)
other types of chromoplasts. In addition, the instrument will be used
for educational purposes in several undergraduate courses. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 31, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-114. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, NCEH, DEHLS, Mailstop F-18, 4770 Buford Highway, NE,
Atlanta, GA 30341-3724. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT
ELEMENT. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for analysis of radionuclides in a reference
population in the U.S. and determination of radionuclides in persons
with known or suspected exposure to these elements. High sample
throughput (40-50 specimens per day) will be required, placing demands
on the capacity of this instrument for automation. Application accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: October 31, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-115. Applicant: Horn Point Environmental
Laboratory, 2020 Horn Point Road, P.O. Box 775, Cambridge, MD 21613.
Instrument: Fluorometer. Manufacturer: Heinz Walz, GmbH, Germany.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate photosynthesis
in microscopic algae (phytoplankton) as they exist in nature
(specifically in the Chesapeake Bay) and in culture. An essential
requirement of the research is that measurements be made on field
samples directly without previous manipulation to boost the signal
strength, such as filtration or other steps to concentrate the
organisms. In addition, the instrument will be used in a MEES-699
course on Methods in Photosynthetic Regulation--PAM Fluorometry to
train students on the use of the instrument in photosynthetic research
of phytoplankton and higher plants. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: November 6, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-29938 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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