[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4072]
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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: 98-001. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin,
Materials Science & Engineering Center, MS&E--Building, ETC. Room
9.102, M/C C2201, 26th & Dean Keaton Streets, Austin, TX 78712.
Instrument: IR Image Furnace, Model SC-M35HD. Manufacturer: NEC
Nichiden Machinery Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used in an ongoing research project that includes growth of transition-
metal oxide crystals with the objectives of providing highly reliable
data to study the electronic behavior at the crossover from itinerant
to localized electrons in transition-metal oxides. Application accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: January 12, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-002. Applicant: University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: HD Collector Upgrade for Mass
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Pro-Vac Services, United Kingdom. Intended
Use: The instrument is an accessory which will upgrade the analytical
capabilities of an existing mass spectrometer to analyze stable isotope
abundance of H in natural materials for a variety of environmental,
biological and ecological research projects. In addition, the
instrument will be used for educational purposes in the course
Environmental Isotope Geochemistry for student practice of what is
learned during the lecture part of the course. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: January 21, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-003. Applicant: University of Vermont, Department
of Medicine, Given Building C-247, Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument:
(40 each) HV Stopcock (Laboratory Glassware). Manufacturer: Louwers
Hapert Glasstechnics BV, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instruments
are components assembled from tubes that will be used in the reduction
of water to hydrogen by the zinc reduction method. Experiments will be
conducted involving the use of double labeled water to determine
metabolic rates of research subjects. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: January 21, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-004. Applicant: University of California at Los
Angeles, Plasma Physics Laboratory, 405 Hilgard Avenue, P.O. Box
951547, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547. Instrument: YAG Pumped Dye Laser.
Manufacturer: Spectron Laser Systems, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used as the illuminator on a resonant lidar system.
It will be used to excite sodium at 90 km altitude for the purposes of
monitoring density during auroral conditions. The density will be
monitored by tuning the dye laser to the sodium resonance wave length
at 590 nm and measuring the strength of the return. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 26, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-4072 Filed 2-17-98; 8:45 am]
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