[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48505-48506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23223]



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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: 95-067. Applicant: The Salk Institute for Biological 
Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: 
DIP-2000 Imaging Plate X-ray Diffraction Image Processor with Kappa-
goniometer and SRA M18XHF Rotating Anode X-ray Generator. Manufacturer: 
MAC Science Co., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
to collect X-ray diffraction data from crystals made with biological 
macromolecules such as signal transduction, ion conductance, and 
protein-DNA recognition during the study of proteins such as transducin 
from bovine eye and potassium channels from rat kidney. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 1, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-068. Applicant: University of California, 
Department of Nutritional Sciences, 119 Morgan Hall, Berkeley, CA 
94720-3104. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model JMS-AX505WA. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to 
measure isotope incorporation levels in different metabolites during 
studies of glucose, fat and protein metabolism in animals and humans. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 1, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-069. Applicant: Saint Barnabas Medical Center, 94 
Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-1210. Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used in several research projects to study 
ultrastructural features of biomedical research specimens from 
experimental animals, cultured cells and various tissues from patients 
with pathological disorders. In addition, the instrument will be used 
to train pathology residents in the application of the electron 
microscope. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 1, 
1995.
    Docket Number: 95-070. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University, 
Waksman Institute, P.O. Box 6999, Piscataway, NJ 08855-6999. 
Instrument: Cryogenic Cooling System. Manufacturer: Oxford Cryosystems, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for X-ray 
crystallographic studies of proteins with the objective of solving the 
atomic structure of a subject protein. The instrument will also be used 
to teach undergraduate courses in crystallography in which students 
will be trained in the skills necessary to the analysis of protein 
crystal by means of X-ray Diffraction. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: August 4, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-071. Applicant: Colorado State University, 
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Resource Ecology Lab, NESB Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer: VG - Fisons, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to measure 
the isotopic abundance of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen in 
plant, soil and air samples in experiments ranging from field studies 
to laboratory analysis. In addition, the instrument will be used in the 
course Physiological Plant Ecology and Isotope Biogeochemistry to 
examine plant and soil processes that modify isotope fractionation. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 4, 1995.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-23223 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am]
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