42236 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 151 / Wednesday, August 6, 1997 / Notices

(202) 690–0673. The fax number is (202)

720–0596.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of the Commission is to gather

and evaluate background information,

studies, and data pertinent to small

farms and ranches, including limitedresource farmers. On the basis of the

review, the Commission shall analyze

all relevant issues and make findings,

develop strategies, and make

recommendations for consideration by

the Secretary of Agriculture toward a

national strategy on small farms. The

national strategy shall include, but not

be limited to: changes in existing

policies, programs, regulations, training,

and program delivery and outreach

systems; approaches that assist

beginning farmers and involve the

private sectors and government,

including assurances that the needs of

minorities, women, and persons with

disabilities are addressed; areas where

new partnerships and collaborations are

needed; and other approaches that it

would deem advisable or which the

Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of

the Natural Resources Conservation

Service may request the Commission to

consider.

The Secretary of Agriculture has

determined that the work of the

Commission is in the public interest and

within the duties and responsibilities of

USDA. Establishment of the

Commission also implements a

recommendation of the USDA Civil

Rights Action Report to appoint a

diverse commission to develop a

national policy on small farms.

Dated: August 1, 1997.

Pearlie S. Reed,

Acting Assistant Secretary for

Administration.

[FR Doc. 97–20724 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3410–16–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Florida State University, et al.; Notice

of Consolidated Decision on

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

This is a decision consolidated

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). Related records can be viewed

between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in

Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instruments described below, for such

purposes as each is intended to be used,

is being manufactured in the United

States.

Docket Number: 97–038. Applicant:

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

32310. Instrument: EPR W-Band

System, Model ELEXSYS.

Manufacturer: Bruker Instruments,

Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62

FR 32296, June 13, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides operation at

a frequency of 95 GHz for maximal

sensitivity and precise control of

temperature over the range of 4–300

degrees Kelvin. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, June 26,

1997.

Docket Number: 97–041. Applicant:

University of North Carolina at Chapel

Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–7310.

Instrument: Graphite Aerosol Generator,

Model GFG–1000. Manufacturer: Palas

GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 32766, June 17, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides uniform particle agglomerates

that are similar to natural soot particles

with a size less that 0.1 μm. Advice

received from: National Institutes of

Health, June 26, 1997.

The National Institutes of Health

advises in its memoranda that (1) the

capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purpose and (2) it knows of no domestic

instrument or apparatus of equivalent

scientific value for the intended use of

each instrument.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus being manufactured in the

United States which is of equivalent

scientific value to either of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–20638 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Oklahoma, Notice of

Decision on Applications for Duty-free

Entry of Scientific Instruments

This is a decision 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). Related records can be

viewed between 8:30 AM and 5:00 PM

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Decision: Denied. Applicant has failed

to establish that domestic instruments of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign

instrument for the intended purposes

are not available.

Reasons: Section 301.5(e)(4) of the

regulations requires the denial of

applications that have been denied

without prejudice to resubmission if

they are not resubmitted within the

specified time period. This is the case

for the following docket.

Docket Number: 96–094. Applicant:

University of Oklahoma, Purchasing

Department, 660 Parrington Oval, Room

321, Norman, OK 73019. Instrument:

Eye Movement Measuring Device.

Manufacturer: Dr. Bouis, Germany. Date

of Denial without Prejudice to

Resubmission: April 14, 1997.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–20637 Filed 8–5–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

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: 97–059. Applicant:

University of Connecticut, School of

Pharmacy, 372 Fairfield Road, Storrs,

CT 06269–2092. Instrument: Interfacial

Rheometer, Model CIR–100.

Manufacturer: Camtel Ltd., United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to investigate the interfacial

rheology of proteins, surfactants and

other surface active agents and

determine their film strength. These

investigations will be conducted in

order (1) to obtain a clear understanding