[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 225 (Friday, November 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62287-62288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30702]


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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: 97-091. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, 207 Henry 
Administration Building, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Upgrade and 
Replacement Parts for Asphalt Testing Equipment. Manufacturer: 
Industrial Process Controls Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: This is 
an upgrade for existing instrumentation that will be used for studying 
asphalt concrete with the objective of improving design of asphalt 
concrete in highway and airfield pavements. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: October 27, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-092. Applicant: University of Wisconsin, 
Mechanical Engineering, 1513 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. 
Instrument: Flame Ionization Detector System, Model HFR400. 
Manufacturer: Cambustion Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to measure the concentrations of hydrocarbons 
produced during studies of the transient behavior of hydrocarbons 
produced by internal combustion engines. The

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objectives of these studies are to extend the fundamental understanding 
of the hydrocarbon formation process, to extend the fundamental 
understanding of how engine transients affect this hydrocarbon 
formation and to understand the difference in hydrocarbon formation 
between steady-state and transient operation of the engine. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 30, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-093. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, 
Building 8, Room 219, Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Micromanipulator 
Microscope, Model MSM. Manufacturer: Singer Instrument Co., Ltd., 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
dissecting the spores formed during genetic crosses of the mutants in 
yeast that are essential to extending studies on the biochemistry, 
regulation and genetics of the amines, putrescine, spermidine and 
spermine and of the biosynthetic enzymes in S. cerevisiae. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 31, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-094. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control, 
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1095 Willowdale 
Road, Mail Stop/2015, Morgantown, WV 26505-5288. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-1220. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used for investigating the impact of 
particulates and vapors on tissues, cells and cell organelles and for 
morphometric analysis to determine the extent of pathological changes 
in structures visible only at the electron microscope level. In 
addition, the instrument will be used to train Ph.D. candidates, 
postdoctoral fellows and staff in biomedical and occupational health 
research. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 5, 
1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-30702 Filed 11-20-97; 8:45 am]
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