[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 56 (Thursday, March 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11613-11614]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6860]
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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: 96-006. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute,
10666 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Model CM 200. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies of the structure
of tobacco, alfalfa, and cucumber mosaic viruses, muscle proteins,
nuclear pore complexes, microtubules, CHIP28 water channels,
acetylcholine receptors, gap junctions, rotavirus and reovirus, and
rice yellow mottle virus. The goals of the investigations are in
general to understand the structural basis for how the subcellular
organelles and supramolecular assemblies function and to elucidate the
role that they play in the life of the cell. In addition, the
instrument will be used to provide training in use of the electron
microscope as a research tool. Application Accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: February 2, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-009. Applicant: New York University Medical
Center, Skirball Institute of Biomolecular Medicine, 550 First Avenue,
New York, NY 10016. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 200.
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument
will be used for determining the structure of biological macromolecules
(i.e., proteins). The objectives of the research are to elucidate the
physical and chemical properties of these protein molecules in order to
better understand how they accomplish their respective cellular
functions. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 9,
1996.
Docket Number: 96-010. Applicant: University of New Mexico, 200
Yale Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87131. Instrument: Mass
Spectrometer, Model VG Sector 54. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments,
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for
measurement of 230Th/232Th ratios in igneous rocks and the
data then used to understand mantle (deep earth) processes, dating of
volcanic events, etc. In addition, the instrument will facilitate
measurements by students in courses such as Isotopic Principles of
Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology. Application Accepted
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by Commissioner of Customs: February 12, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-011. Applicant: National Institute of Standards
and Technology, I270 & Quince Orchard Road, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-
0001. Instrument: Laser Tracker, Model SMART 310. Manufacturer: Leica
Inc., Switzerland. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in the
application of the metrology discipline criteria to determine the
dimensional accuracies of large manufactured parts. Application
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 12, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-012. Applicant: University of Albany, SUNY,
Department of Geological Sciences, 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY
12222. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer:
Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will
be used to accurately analyze large volumes of samples in research
which includes climatic and paleoclimatic studies and environmental
geochemical studies of near surface processes. It will be used
primarily to measure the stable isotopes of oxygen and carbon in
carbonate and water samples. In addition, the instrument will be used
in laboratory section of a stable isotope geochemistry course for
upper-level undergraduate and graduate students. Application Accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: February 14, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-013. Applicant: Northern Illinois University,
Department of Chemistry, DeKalb, IL 60115-2862. Instrument: Diode-Array
Detector for Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model PDA.1. Manufacturer:
Applied Photophysics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used as an accessory to an existing spectrometer
that will be used for the investigation of the chemical reactivity of
heme proteins including their reactions with oxidizing agents such as
hydrogen peroxide and molecular oxygen, reducing agents such as
ferrocytochrome c and FE(II) and Co(II) complexes, their electron
transfer reactions, and their reactions with small ligands such as
fluoride, cyanide, azide, and other nitrogen containing materials. The
instrument will be used for educational purposes in three research
courses: Chemistry 499H - Research, Chemistry 599 - Research, and
Chemistry 699 - Doctoral Research Dissertation. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: February 14, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-014. Applicant: Columbia University, Lamont-
Doherty Earth Observatory, Rte. 9W, Palisade, NY 10964. Instrument:
Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments,
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to
investigate the stable isotopic composition of oxygen and carbon in
naturally-occurring carbonate samples, including coral and shell
material. These investigations will involve reconstructing past
climatic conditions using the isotopic compositions as indicators of
the ambient temperature and water conditions at time of formation.
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 22, 1996.
Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 96-6860 Filed 3-20-96; 8:45 am]
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