[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 182 (Wednesday, September 18, 1996)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23919]
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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: 96-091. Applicant: University of California, San
Diego, Department of Medicine 0931, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA
92093-0931. Instrument: Digital Sleep Recorder, Model VitaPort 2.
Manufacturer: TEMEC Instruments BV, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to study the effects of microgravity on the
human body, especially sleep functions, circadian rhythm changes and
pulmonary function. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
August 22, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-092. Applicant: University of Pittsburgh Medical
Center, 200 Lothrop Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-2582. Instrument:
Microvolume Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer:
Applied Photophysics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for studies of water, proton and small non-
electrolyte transport across biological membranes and membrane
properties of barrier epithelia. Experiments will be conducted to gain
an understanding of water and solute flow across biological membranes.
This includes detailed measurements of the permeability properties of
membranes which can only be satisfactorily measured with this
instrument. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 23,
1996.
Docket Number: 96-093. Applicant: The Ohio State University, 2041
College Road, Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron Microscope,
Model CM300. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for general morphological and structural
studies of ceramics and metals, including high-temperature
superconductors, high temperature metal alloys, evaporated metal thin
films, silicon bicrystals, soils and geological minerals, polymers and
possibly some biological samples. Application accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: August 23, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-094. Applicant: University of Oklahoma,
Purchasing Department, 660 Parrington Oval, Room 321, Norman, OK 73019.
Instrument: Eye Movement Measuring Device. Manufacturer: Dr. Bouis,
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in studies to
determine how the printed frequency of two adjacent words influence the
benefit of having parafoveal preview of the second word as part of
continuing research that contributes to the understanding of how much
information readers can process on a single fixation. The device will
also be used for educational purposes in undergraduate and graduate
level courses that provide practical research experience to students.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 28, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-23919 Filed 9-17-96; 8:45 am]
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