[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, Natural [[Page 48506]] 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] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-F