[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34690-34691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16930]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


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.

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    Docket Number: 96-149R. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Department of Physical Therapy, 305 Rowell Building, Burlington, VT 
05405-0068. Instrument: Motion Analysis System and Telemg System, Model 
Elite Plus. Manufacturer: Bioengineering Technology & Systems, Italy. 
Intended Use: Original notice of this resubmitted application was 
published in the Federal Register of February 11, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-046. Applicant: Purdue University, Accounts 
Payable, 1064 Frehafer Hall, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1064. Instrument: 
Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometer/Fluorimeter System, Model SF-61DX2/X. 
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies of a variety of enzymes important 
to cellular physiology in a variety of life forms. A number of 
experiments will be conducted involving the spectroscopic detection of 
molecular interactions between substrates of inhibitors of the 
particular enzymes of interest. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 4, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-047. Applicant: Emory University, Department of 
Biology, 2006 Rollins Research Center, 1510 Clifton Road, Atlanta, GA 
30322. Instrument: Slice Physiology Setup, Model 240. Manufacturer: 
Luigs and Neumann, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used 
for electrophysiological studies using rat brain slices with the 
objective of understanding neuronal activity and information processing 
in the mammalian brain. In addition, the instrument will be used for 
educational purposes in the course Biol. 498 in which both graduate and 
undergraduate students will be exposed to guided research training. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 5, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-048. Applicant: Kansas State University, Division 
of Biology, Ackert Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-4901. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model CM100. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for research involving three 
model systems in cellular and developmental biology which will focus on 
a unifying theme in gravity perception. In addition, the instrument 
will be used for educational purposes in the course BIOL 888--Electron 
Microscopy Techniques providing graduate students with the research 
resources necessary to make progress on their research programs. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 6, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-16930 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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