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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 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 Subsections 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 Numbers: 93-157 and 94-003. Applicant: The Ohio State
University, 2041 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Models CM200 FEG and CM200 LaB6. Manufacturer: N.V.
Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instruments will be used
for general morphological and structural studies of ceramics and
metals, including high temperature superconductors, high temperature
metal alloys, evaporated metallic thin films, silicon bicrystals, soils
and geological minerals, polymers and possibly some biological samples.
In addition, the instruments will be used for microscopy classes and
individual training of faculty, staff and students. Applications
Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-001. Applicant: USDA-Agricultural Research
Service, IAREC, Rt. 2, Box 2953-A, Prosser, WA 99350. Instrument:
Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for research studies of
viruses that infect plants, primarily agricultural crops. Daily uses
include examination of virus particles during and after purification of
the virus, and examination for the presence of virus particles in sap
from plants exhibiting disease symptoms. In addition, the instrument
will be used to train students to use appropriate methods in virus
disease diagnosis and to demonstrate techniques in virus
characterization in a course in applied plant virology. Application
Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 7, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-002. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, 207 Henry
Administration Building, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: ELISA Juice
Extraction Presses w/Electronic Buffer Units. Manufacturer: Erich
Pollahne, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for
studies of extracted plant sap to identify virus. Application Received
by Commissioner of Customs: January 7, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-004. Applicant: Regents of the University of
California, Berkeley, 239 Hildebrand Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.
Instrument: X-Y Scanning Unit; Upgrade to Brewster Angle Microscope.
Manufacturer: Nanofilm Technologie, Inc., Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to upgrade a BAM instrument currently being
used to study the structure of mono-molecular films at the air/water
interface. Application Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 14,
1994.
Docket Number: 94-005. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State
University, Materials Research Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802.
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2000EXII/SEG/DP/DP.
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used to perform in-situ gas solid studies to examine the properties of
a number of carbonaceous materials, both fibres and thin films. In
addition, very fundamental studies will be performed on the behavior of
specimens as they undergo reaction. Application Received by
Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-006. Applicant: California Institute of
Technology, 1201 E. California Boulevard, (Mail Code 170-25), Pasadena,
CA 91125. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 215-50. Manufacturer:
Mass Analyser Products, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for high precision analysis of isotopic and
elemental abundances of He, Ne, Kr, Ar, and Xe in geological materials
(rocks and minerals from various localities). Application Received by
Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-007. Applicant: Occidental College, Department of
Chemistry, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041. Instrument: Multi-
Mixing Rapid Kinetics Accessory with Pneumatic Attachment, Model SFA-
12MX. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to measure the reaction between NADPH and 6-
phosphogluconate lactone catalyzed by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
isolated from human erythrocytes. Application Received by Commissioner
of Customs: January 21, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-008. Applicant: University of Florida, Department
of Chemistry, P.O. Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200. Instrument:
Electrothermal Vaporization Source. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, United
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to vaporize small
volume samples (composed of various elements) for subsequent transport
and detection by two-step laser enhanced ionization spectrometry in a
unique mini-flame laser enhanced ionization detector. Application
Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 26, 1994.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
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