[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 33190]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-15612]



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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: 94-145R. Applicant: Miami University, Office of 
Purchasing, 213 Roudebush Hall, Oxford, OH 45056. Instrument: 
Cryostage. Manufacturer: Linkham Scientific Instruments, Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: Original notice of this resubmitted application 
was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER of January 4, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-043. Applicant: Indiana University Medical 
Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, 535 Barnhill Drive, 
Indianapolis, IN 46202-5289. Instrument: Radiation Therapy Simulator, 
Model Simulix-MC. Manufacturer: Oldelft, The Netherlands. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used for training resident radiation oncologists 
and student radiation therapists in the use and operation of this 
equipment. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 2, 
1995.
    Docket Number: 95-044. Applicant: The University of Iowa, 
Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Iowa City, IA 
52242. Instrument: Laser Light Scattering Correlator and Monomode Fiber 
Optical Goniometer System. Manufacturer: AL - Laser 
Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used to study polyphenolics, polycarbohydrates, proteins, 
surfactants of varying types, and whole cells (yeast, bacteria and 
insect cells). The experiments will consist of measurements of polymer 
characteristics (mass, size, force) to confirm or assess the state of 
purity of commercially purchased samples or samples prepared in the 
labs which are used as standards during other tests. The instrument 
will also be used extensively in Ph.D. Dissertation coursework by 
students operating the instrument collecting and analyzing the data, 
and characterizing the various samples. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 2, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-045. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute, 
10666 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Mass 
Spectrometer System, Model API 100. Manufacturer: PE Sciex, Canada. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to conduct studies of 
proteins, peptides, oligonucleotides and carbohydrates, natural and 
synthetic products and components of biological fluids. The goal of the 
investigations is to further develop electrospray mass spectrometry as 
a tool for biological and biochemical research. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 5, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-047. Applicant: Georgia State University, 
University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303. Instrument: Laser Ablation System, 
Model 266. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used in a pilot study to determine trace 
elements, including rare earth elements in fluid inclusions. The goals 
of this study are to: (1) fully develop the crush-leach ICPMS for 
analyzing bulk inclusions for REE and other petrologically and 
economically important trace metals, (2) evaluate the full potential of 
LA-ICPMS for the study of single fluid inclusions, and (3) conduct a 
detailed ICPMS study on bulk fluid inclusions and LA-ICPMS study on 
single fluid inclusions from the Bingham, base metal porphyry system in 
order to determine which fluids carried the bulk of the metals in this 
system. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 6, 1995.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-15612 Filed 6-26-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-F