43710 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 158 / Friday, August 15, 1997 / Notices

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: 97–060. Applicant:

The Pennsylvania State University,

Chemistry Department, 152 Davey

Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802.

Instrument: NMR Spectrometer, Model

Avance DRX–600. Manufacturer: Bruker

Instruments, Inc., Switzerland. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used for

studies of proteins and nucleic acids

produced in the research laboratories of

the chemistry and the biochemistry and

molecular biology departments. The

experiments are all state-of-the-art

nuclear magnetic resonance

experiments. Most will be in aqueous

solution and involve multiple nuclei:

1H, 2H, 15N, 13C, and 31P. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

July 15, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–062. Applicant:

Clemson University, Department of

Bioengineering, 501 Rhodes Engineering

Research Center, P.O. Box 340905,

Clemson, SC 29634–0905. Instrument:

Knee Joint Simulator. Manufacturer:

UCL Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used for a

research program conducted to provide

materials and designs for artificial joints

that can last longer than those presently

used. The relevant research projects will

include but are not limited to the

following:

(1) Reciprocating-Sliding Wear

Resistance of Orthopaedic Titanium

Alloys,

(2) Ultrasonic Method for In-situ

Continuous Wear Measurements of

Orthopaedic Alloys,

(3) Analytical Modeling of Total Knee

Replacement: Effect of Misalignment,

(4) Elastomeric Composites as Bearing

Surfaces, and

(5) Improving Boundary Lubrication

of Elastomeric Bearing Surfaces.

In addition, the instrument will be

used for educational purposes in

various bioengineering courses.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: July 16, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–064. Applicant:

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Purchasing Division, 506

South Wright Street, 207 Henry

Administration Building, Urbana, IL

61801. Instrument: Reflection High

Energy Electron Gun. Manufacturer:

Focus GmbH, Germany. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used for a

variety of studies on the mechanisms of

growth of thin films. In particular, there

will be studies of magnetic multilayer

materials; of the effect of surface steps

on films growth and of a technique

called convergent beam diffraction. This

instrument allows both real time

monitoring of the growth conditions and

quick and reliable post-growth quality

control of the films’ crystallinity prior to

further study via transfer into a separate

low-energy electron microscope to

perform further microscopic studies

without the necessity of breaking

vacuum. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: July 17,

1997.

Docket Number: 97–065. Applicant:

Princeton University, P.O. Box 33,

Princeton, NJ 08544–0033. Instrument:

(50) Seismometers. Manufacturer:

Guralp Systems Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: The instruments will be

used to study earthquakes and the

interior structure of the earth in a newly

devised high school science curriculum,

in which students study seismicity and

try to answer fundamental geophysical

questions about the earth. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

July 17, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–066. Applicant:

University of California, San Diego,

Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

7835 Trade Street, San Diego, CA 92121.

Instrument: Wave Measurement

Equipment. Manufacturer: Datawell bv,

The Netherlands. Intended Use: The

instruments will be used in support of

ongoing and proposed research on the

evolution of directional wave spectra

across the continental shelf and near

complex bathymetric features. The

instrument will significantly expand

Department of Defense wave data

measurement capabilities on the shelf

and will be used over the next 5 years

by a consortium of Office of Naval

Research principal investigators

studying wave propagation processes in

a wide range of geographic settings.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: July 22, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–067. Applicant:

Princeton University, P.O. Box 33,

Princeton, NJ 08544–0033. Instrument:

EPR Spectrometer, Model E580 FT/CW.

Manufacturer: Bruker Instruments,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used for studies of sample

paramagnetic materials obtained from

various sources including chemical

synthesis and natural products. The

research projects will include the

following:

(1) Structure and function of multinuclear metallo-enzymes,

(2) Molecular probes of the

mechanism of cytochrome,

(3) ENDOR studies of metalloproteins,

(4) Observing and exploiting

intermolecular multiple-quantum

coherences in solution ESR,

(5) EPR analysis of photoluminescent

porous silicon,

(6) Core transformation in iron-sulfur

clusters,

(7) Pulsed EPR studies of vanadium

partial oxidation catalysts and,

(8) Dynamics of cation diffusion to

ionomers.

In addition, the instrument will be

used for educational purposes in the

course ‘‘Electron Magnetic Resonance

Spectroscopies: Survey of Techniques,

Applications and Spectral

Interpretation.’’ Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: July 28,

1997.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–21712 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Vermont, 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: 96–149R. Applicant:

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

05405–0068. Instrument: Motion

Analysis System and Telemg System,

Model Elite Plus. Manufacturer:

Bioengineering Technology & Systems,

Italy. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR
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6216, February 11, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides systematic

triggering of kinematic data acquisition

for reliability and recording of

movement events with durations as

short as 40 ms. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, June 26,

1997.

Docket Number: 97–039. Applicant:

University of California, San Diego, San

Diego, CA 92121. Instrument: Wave

Measurement Equipment. Manufacturer:

Datawell bv, The Netherlands. Intended

Use: See notice at 62 FR 32766, June 17,

1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) more reliable wave

direction estimates at frequencies under

1.0 Hz and over 3.0 Hz with less

variability within the range, and (2)

better wave spread estimates than

comparable domestic equipment.

Advice received from: Two domestic

manufacturers of similar equipment,

April 23, 1997 (comparable case).

Docket Number: 97–047. Applicant:

Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322.

Instrument: Slice Physiology Setup,

Model 240. Manufacturer: Luigs and

Neumann, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 34691, June 27, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides positioning of a group of

microelectrodes for single-cell neuronal

recording under an optical microscope

with placement precision of 0.1 μm.

Advice received from: National

Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–049. Applicant:

California State Polytechnic University,

Pomona, CA 91768. Instrument:

Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model

SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied

Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

36261, July 7, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides: (1)

sequential mixing capability, (2) dead

time of 1.3 ms, and (3) a cell volume of

20 μl with a flow circuit volume of 100

μl. Advice received from: National

Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–050. Applicant:

University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument:

Mass Spectrometer, Model AutoSpec.

Manufacturer: Micromass, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62

FR 36261, July 7, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides a high

resolution double focussing magnetic

sector analyzer with 3-sector geometry.

Advice received from: National

Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

The National Institutes of Health and

two domestic manufacturers of similar

equipment advise that (1) the

capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purpose and (2) they know 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 any of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–21711 Filed 8–14–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[I.D. 080697F]

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council (Council) will

convene public meetings.

DATES: The meetings will be held on

September 8–11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: These meetings will be held

at the Adam’s Mark Hotel, 64 South

Water Street, Mobile, AL; telephone:

334–438–4000.

Council address: Gulf of Mexico

Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S.

Highway 301 North, Suite 1000, Tampa,

FL 33619.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wayne E. Swingle, Executive Director;

telephone: (813) 228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Council

September 10

8:30 a.m.—Convene.

8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.—Hear

presentation on Marine Fisheries

Reserves.

10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.—Hear

presentation on Use of Satellite

Transponders.

1:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.—Hear

presentation on NOAA Enforcement

Policy.

1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Mackerel Management

Committee.

3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Receive a

report of the Reef Fish Management

Committee.

September 11 8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m.—

Receive a report of the Data Collection

Committee.

8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Coral Management

Committee.

9:00 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Habitat Protection

Management Committee.

9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.--Receive a report

on the Structure of the Socioeconomic

Panel.

9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Highly Migratory Species

Billfish Advisory Panel Meeting.

9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.—Receive a

report of the Highly Migratory Species

Longline Advisory Panel Meeting.

10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.—Receive a

report of the U.S. Coast Guard

Enforcement Meeting.

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.—Receive a

report on the South Atlantic Fishery

Management Council Liaison.

10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.—Receive

Enforcement Reports.

10:45 a.m. - 11:15 a.m.— Receive

Director’s Reports.

11:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.—Other

business to be discussed.

Committees

11:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.—Hold

Chairmen’s Election.

September 8

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon—Hold

Orientation Session for new Council

members.

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Mackerel Management Committee to

review Draft Amendment 9/Regulatory

Impact Review (RIR) and an options

paper for Draft Amendment 10.

September 9

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.—Convene the

Coral Management Committee to review

an issue related to losses of cultured live

rock due to red tide.

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.—Convene the

Habitat Protection Committee to review

the status of a generic amendment to

Gulf Fishery Management Plans (FMPs)

addressing essential fisheries habitat

(EFH) and selection of technical review

panel for EFH amendment.

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.—Convene the

Data Collection Committee to review the

Recreational and Commercial Fisheries

Initiative programs.

1:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.—Convene the

Reef Fish Management Committee to

review Draft Amendment 16/RIR, a

schedule for preparation of Draft

Amendment 17, a summary of the Red

Snapper Peer Group reviews, and an

updated projection of recreational

landings of red snapper for 1997. The

Committee will also select public

hearing locations for Draft Amendment

16.