[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27236-27237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13052]
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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.
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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: 97-031. Applicant: University of Illinois at
Chicago, Research Resources Center, 901 S. Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL
60612-7341. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1220.
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The article is intended
to be used for studies of the molecular architecture of tissues, cells
and isolated molecules obtained as part of the experimental data
derived from biomedical research projects. The experiments conducted
will involve determining structural alterations in cells during
different physiological activities and in pathological states. In
addition, the instrument will be used for training Ph.D. candidates,
postdoctoral fellows and staff in the biomedical field.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 22, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-032. Applicant: University of Illinois at
Chicago, Research Resources Center, 901 S. Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL
60612-7341. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-3010.
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be
used for studies of minerals, mineral analogs, materials related to
industrial processes, sample interfaces, metals and glass phases of
different compounds. Experiments will include: (1) Utilizing image
processing and electron diffraction patterns to locate electron
densities and (2) examining texture, structural alterations, phase
transformation, twinning, polytypism, domains, precipitates,
exsolution, deformation defects on microstructure and plasticity, and
similar phenomena and processes. In addition, the instrument will be
used for training Ph.D. candidates and post-doctoral fellows.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 22, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-033. Applicant: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
of Columbia University, Rte 9W, Palisades, NY 10964. Instrument: ICP
Mass Spectrometer, Model Plasma 54. Manufacturer: VG Elemental, United
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies of the
elemental abundance and isotopic composition of naturally occurring
samples, including coral, shell sediments, rocks and natural waters in
order to precisely determine the age of the material. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 24, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-037. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, 207 Henry
Administration Building, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: UHV Evaporators,
Models EFM3 and EFM4. Manufacturer: Focus GmbH, Germany. Intended Use:
The article is intended to be used on a growth chamber attached to a
Low-Energy Electron Microscope. The completed instrument will be used
for a variety of studies on the mechanisms of growth of thin films. In
particular, there will be studies of magnetic multilayer materials, of
the effect of surface steps on film growth and of a technique called
convergent beam diffraction, which has not been applied to low energy
electrons in the past. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
April 30, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-13052 Filed 5-17-97; 8:45 am]
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