[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 65296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28044]


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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, DC 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, 
NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 00-033. Applicant: University of Florida, Department 
of Geological Sciences, 241 Williamson Hall, PO Box 112120, 
Gainesville, FL 32611. Instrument: Multi-Sensor Core Logger. 
Manufacturer: GEOTEK Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument 
is intended to be used to rapidly, accurately and automatically collect 
information on physical properties of sediment cores collected from 
locations such as the bottom of lakes, the ocean, and wetlands. The 
objective of the research is to provide further information (P-wave 
velocity, density, magnetic susceptibility, sediment core thickness and 
high resolution visible images) about past conditions recorded in 
sediment cores. The data will be combined with the geochemical, 
isotopic, botanical, and sedimentological data that are already 
collected on these sediment cores. In addition, the instrument will be 
used for educational purposes in Paleolimnology (GLY 6932) the study of 
past lake systems and the records of climate, biology, vegetation, etc. 
preserved in lake sediments. The class introduces methods of study of 
past climates of the Quaternary period. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: October 17, 2000.
    Docket Number: 00-034. Applicant: University of Rochester, Lab for 
Laser Energetics, 250 East River Road, Rochester, NY 14623. Instrument: 
Scanning Nearfield Optical Microscope. Manufacturer: WITec, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for studies of both 
inorganic crystals and glasses as used in advanced optical technologies 
and organic substances such as polymers and biopolymers that may be 
present in optical materials either as undesired impurities or for the 
purpose of enhancing the materials' performance. The analysis tasks are 
of the spatially resolved spectroscopy type: (a) Raman Imaging, (b) 
single-molecule emission and (c) nonlocal fluorescence spectroscopy. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in 
``Nanooptics'' a graduate level course that introduces doctoral-level 
students to the principles and applications of subwavelength optical 
phenomena and applications. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: October 17, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-28044 Filed 10-31-00; 8:45 am]
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