[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 248 (Tuesday, December 28, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 72649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-33656]
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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, 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: 99-030. Applicant: University of Massachusetts,
Biology Department, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003-5810.
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 12. Manufacturer: FEU
Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to
be used to view the end products of experiments, including
immunolabeling of specific proteins, properties of genetically altered
organisms and protein complexes under different ionic conditions. The
specific research objectives vary widely but all aim to generate basic
information about organisms, cells or subcellular components. In
addition, the instrument will be used to demonstrate transmission
electron microscopy for several courses, including Biology 523
(Histology) and Biotechnology. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: December 6, 1999.
Docket Number: 99-031. Applicant: University of Vermont, Department
of Surgery, Given E-305, Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: HVS Video
Tracking System, Pool and Platform, Model 2020. Manufacturer: HVS Image
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be
used for the study of multiple minor head injuries using a rat model in
order to provide information that may be helpful in understanding why
there are anecdotes in the human population of poor outcomes after
seemingly minor recurrent head injuries. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: December 6, 1999.
Docket Number: 99-032. Applicant: University of California, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, BUS-6, P.O. Box 1663, MS C308, Los Alamos,
NM 87545. Instrument: Solid State Quantum Computer, Model Multiprobe S.
Manufacturer: Omicron Vakuum Physik GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The
first scaleable solid state quantum computer will be used to produce an
array of atoms on a Si (001) surface. The work requires using a
scanning tunneling microscope for the precise placement in individual
atoms of phosphorus in an array with 20 nanometer spacing on an
atomically cleaned silicon substrate surface. The work also includes
studying the stability and properties of such a structure at different
temperatures. This investigation will also include work that will
determine the best phosphorus bearing chemical species to use in this
application. A silicon overlayer will bury this array. Electric contact
gates will be positioned on top of the overlayer over the phosphorus
sites.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 8, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-33656 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]
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