[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 37051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17770]
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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: 95-051. Applicant: National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, 1617 Cole Blvd., Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Sonic
Anemometer/Thermometer. Manufacturer: Kaijo Denki, Co. Inc., Ltd.,
Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the 3-D
structure of small-scale atmospheric turbulence related to the
operation, efficiency, and fatigue life of wind turbine generators and
their component parts. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
June 23, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-052. Applicant: Dartmouth College, Department of
Earth Sciences, 6105 Fairchild Science Center, North College Street,
Hanover, NH 03755-3571. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model
ELEMENT. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to measure elemental concentrations and isotope
ratios of all elements in geological and environmental samples in
support of a wide range of research projects undertaken by the faculty
and students. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 27,
1995.
Docket Number: 95-053. Applicant: Georgia Institute of Technology,
225 North Avenue, NW, Atlanta, GA 30332. Instrument: Electron
Microscope, Model HF-2000. Manufacturer: Hitachi Instruments, Japan.
Intended Use: The instrument will be used in research programs in
virtually all areas of materials research including but not limited to
the following:
(1) Ceramic composites,
(2) Fabrication of advanced ceramic materials,
(3) Electronic interconnect technology and materials,
(4) Specialized properties of coatings and thin films,
(5) Ion engine cathode structure characterization,
(6) Semiconductor heterostructures,
(7) Zeolite/catalyst development, and
(8) Study of epitaxial oxide heterostructures: Growth structure and
phase transition.
In addition, the instrument will be used in teaching formal courses
in electron microscopy. Application Accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: June 27, 1995.
Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-17770 Filed 7-18-95; 8:45 am]
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