[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 48506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23222]
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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: 95-072. Applicant: University of Michigan,
Department of Geological Sciences, 425 E. University, Ann Arbor, MI
48109-1063. Instrument: ICP Multicollector Mass Spectrometer, Model
Plasma 54. Manufacturer: Fisons Elemental, United Kingdom. Intended
Use: The instrument will be used in experiments that consist of
extracting and purifying elements of interest and measuring their
isotopic compositions, with or without enriched spikes to measure
concentrations. In addition, the instrument will be used for training
purposes in relevant geochemistry courses. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: August 11, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-073. Applicant: Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX 77843. Instrument: Automatic Carbonate Preparation Device,
Model Kiel II. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The
instrument is an accessory to an existing mass spectrometer that will
be used to provide the means for measuring the stable oxygen and carbon
isotopic ratios of very small, individually reacted carbonate mineral
samples under study. The instrument will also be used to collect data
for classroom teaching and M.S. and Ph.D. thesis. Application Accepted
by Commissioner of Customs: August 11, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-074. Applicant: University of South Florida,
Marine Science Department, MSL 119, 830 1st Street South, St.
Petersburg, FL 33701. Instrument: Fluorimeter, Model Aquatraka MKIII.
Manufacturer: Chelsea Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:
The instrument will be used to measure chlorophyll a fluorescence in
aquatic environments in a study of the plant plankton in the Caribbean
Sea, part of a larger effort to identify and analyze the biological/
chemical constituents of marine waters in the Caribbean Sea. In
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the
course Remote Sensing in Oceanography. Application Accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: August 16, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-075. Applicant: Georgetown University, 37th and
``O'' Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20057. Instrument: Time-Correlated
Single Photon Counting Spectrometer, Model FL900. Manufacturer:
Edinburgh Instruments, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to monitor the excited state lifetime of
organic and polymeric molecules by their emissive properties during the
study of basic and exotic polymers, gels, liquid crystals, crystals and
other materials. The objective of the studies is to characterize the
environment in which molecules in the above phases are located. In
addition, the instrument will be used for training graduate and
undergraduate students to characterize materials of significance.
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 25, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-076. Applicant: University of Michigan, 1028
College of Pharmacy, 428 Church Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1065.
Instrument: Stopped-flow Spectrometer System, Model SF-61AFX.
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to study rapid reaction kinetics over the
millisecond time scale in experiments involving purification of the
enzymes from either bovine lung (guanylate cyclase) or a macrophage
cell line (nitric oxide synthase). Application Accepted by Commissioner
of Customs: August 25, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-077. Applicant: Shriners Hospital - Spokane Unit,
911 West Fifth Avenue, Spokane, WA 99204-2472. Instrument: 3-
Dimensional Motion Analyser System, Model VICON 370. Manufacturer:
Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will
be used to study the gait cycle/walking patterns, muscle activity and
various motions of human subjects. The analysis of this data will then
be used in aiding the physicians and therapists in determining the
needs of the patient (i.e. continuing therapy, a change in therapy,
surgery, etc.). Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August
29, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-079. Applicant: University of California,
Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, San Francisco, CA 94143-0446.
Instrument: Tandem Mass Spectrometer, Model AUTOSPEC - 5000.
Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used for studies of the macromolecular components of
normal human and tumor cells and bacterial and viral human pathogens in
the context of correlations between cell phenotype and genotype.
Overall research purposes will emphasize interdisciplinary studies
addressing key unsolved structural issues revolving around the
delineation of protein sequence and covalent modification, protein
glycosylation, peptide antigens, glycolipid antigens and xenobiotic
protein and DNA covalent adducts. In addition, the instrument will be
used for educational purposes in the course Pharmaceutical Chemistry
235: Mass Spectrometry in the Health and Life Sciences. Application
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 29, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-080. Applicant: Santa Rosa Outpatient Rehab, 4319
Medical Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229-4899. Instrument: 3-Dimensional
Motion Analyser System, Model VICON 370. Manufacturer: Oxford Metrics,
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the
study of the walking patterns (i.e. gait) of human subjects, to provide
precise information on muscle activity, joint motion, and the forces
acting at the joint at different points of human gait or various
motions. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 29,
1995.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
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