[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 19571-19572] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-9694] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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: 95-017. Applicant: USEPA, Central Regional Laboratory, 536 S. Clark St., Chicago, IL 60605. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to determine the low concentrations of metals and other elemental constituents of waters, extracts of soils, sludges or sediments and extracts of fish or other tissue samples. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 15, 1995. Docket Number: 95-018. Applicant: Florida State University, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, 1800 East Paul Dirac Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32306. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 262. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to determine isotope ratios by thermal ionization mass spectrometry. The isotopes of interest (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf, U-Th-Pb) form the naturally occurring radioactive background. The studies will concentrate on the determination of the isotopic and inferred chemical diversity and heterogeneity of different chemical reservoirs of the earth. In addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the course ``Advanced Topics in Geochemistry.'' Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 16, 1995. Docket Number: 95-019. Applicant: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model IMS 1270. Manufacturer: Cameca Geologie, France. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the following research activities: A. The early evolution of the earth--determine ages of rocks based on the U-Pb decay systems in minerals such as zircon, monzaite, sphene and baddelyite. B. Upper mantle dynamics--determine trace element abundances in minerals and use as a natural tracer for deciphering geologic processes. C. Crustal processes and evolution--investigations on how metamorphic fluids evolved, and how post-orogenic tectonic movements operate from the point of view of cooling of metamorphic and granitic terranes. [[Page 19572]] D. Environmental changes--investigating changes in biospheric environment by determining oxygen and carbon isotopic compositions in planktonic foraminifera shells. E. Fundamental properties in geochemistry--numerous laboratory experiments conducted to determine distributions of trace elements between minerals and melts, rates of diffusion of elements in melts and minerals, and rates of mantle/melt reactions. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 16, 1995. Docket Number: 95-020. Applicant: Masonic Medical Research Lab., 2150 Bleecker Street, Utica, NY 13501-1787. Instrument: Xenon Flashlamp System, Model XF-10. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the study of the ionic basis of currents that contribute to arrhythmias in the heart. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 17, 1995. Frank W. Creel, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff. [FR Doc. 95-9694 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-F