[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41360-41361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20387]


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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.
    Docket Number: 96-104R. Applicant: University of Georgia, D W 
Brooks Drive, Warnell School of Forest Resources, Building #4, Room 
102, Athens, GA 30602. Instrument: Environmental Process Control 
Laboratory. Manufacturer: Minworth Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: Original notice of this resubmitted application was 
published in the Federal Register of October 30, 1996.

    Docket Number: 97-054. Applicant: City College of New York, 140th 
Street and Convent Avenue, Room 165, New York, NY 11235. Instrument: 
Rapid

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Kinetics Device, Model SFA-20. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the study of 
kinetics of reactions occurring during the drinking and surface water 
treatment using different chemical substances and various techniques. 
The instrument will also be used for educational purposes in the course 
Environmental Engineering Analysis Unit Operations. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 26, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-055. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, P.O. Box 990, Los Alamos, NM 87545. 
Instrument: Single Axis Measuring Machine, Model SIP-550M. 
Manufacturer: Societe Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique, Switzerland. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to calibrate standards and 
instruments to insure that an instrument or standard is within its 
assigned specification and that this determination is done in such a 
way that all recorded data, and all standards used in obtaining the 
data, is traceable to national standards. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 27, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-056. Applicant: University of Vermont, Department 
of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, 438A Stafford Hall, Burlington, VT 
05405-0084. Instrument: Roentgen Stereophotogrammetric Analysis System. 
Manufacturer: RSA BioMedical Innovations AB, Sweden. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for orthopaedic research and education which 
will include the following: (1) Measurements of the biomechanical 
behavior of different joints (i.e., ankle, knee, shoulder, spine, 
etc.), (2) measurements of how different bones move relative to each 
other and (3) unique measurements of injury, repair and healing of 
joints. Other applications will include studying different types of 
spinal deformity, such as scoliosis, or growth abnormalities. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 1, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-057. Applicant: University of Wyoming, Laramie, 
WY 82071. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Sector 54. Manufacturer: 
Micromass, Inc, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for the studies of U-Th-Pb, Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isotopic systems with 
the aim of obtaining a better understanding of crustal evolution 
through time, from earliest crustal growth to the most recent processes 
of water-rock interaction. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: July 1, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-058. Applicant: University of Miami, 4600 
Rickenbacker Causeway, Miami, FL 33149. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, 
Model GEO 20-20. Manufacturer: Europa Scientific, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the stable isotopic 
composition of corals, organic materials, natural water and deep sea 
sediments for the purposes of climate reconstruction and ascertaining 
global change. In addition, the instrument will be used to provide 
hands on experience to students in the course Stable Isotopic 
Composition of Biological and Geological Processes MGG 652. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 1, 1997.

Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-20387 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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