[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 216 (Wednesday, November 6, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57397-57398]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28554]
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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: 96-110. Applicant: University of Connecticut Health
Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-3505. Instrument:
High Intensity Xenon Flashlamp, Model XF-10. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to
characterize IP3 induced calcium release in megakaryocytes during
experiments to characterize the mechanisms of action of prostacyclin.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 10, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-111. Applicant: University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, CB# 3270, 118 Davie Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3270.
Instrument: 4 each Operant Boxes with 9-Hole Nosepoke Wall.
Manufacturer: Paul Fray Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for studies of the neural basis of attention in
rodents using previously developed research paradigms. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 17, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-112. Applicant: Harvard University, Harvard
Medical School, CBBSM, Mudd Building, Room 106, 250 Longwood Avenue,
Boston, MA 02115. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV.
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to examine the mechanisms of a number of
zinc
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metalloenzymes. The goal of the research is to establish the number and
type of intermediates and their rates of interconversion as an aid in
establishing their mechanics of action. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: October 21, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-28554 Filed 11-05-96; 8:45 am]
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