Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 221 / Wednesday, November 15, 2000 / Notices 68981

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: 00–035. Applicant:

Washington University School of

Medicine, Department of

Anesthesiology Research Unit, 660

South Euclid, Campus Box 8054, St.

Louis, MO 63110. Instrument:

Motorized Manipulator. Manufacturer:

Luigs and Neumann, Germany. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used to

move the microelectrode for patch

clamping the synaptic terminal during

studies of synaptic connections between

neurons to determine the electrical

properties of a synapse in the auditory

system in the rat. Application accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: October

20, 2000.

Docket Number: 00–036. Applicant:

University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Electrical and Computer Engineering,

1415 Engineering Drive, Madison, WI

53706. Instrument: Telecommunications

Instrumentation Modeling System,

Model TIMS–301. Manufacturer: Emona

Instruments Pty Ltd., Australia.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used in the creation of an undergraduate

communication laboratory as

companion courses to the

undergraduate communications systems

sequence, ECE436 and ECE437. Such

laboratories are essential to prepare

students for the communications

industry. Students in these courses will

use the system to simulate different

modulations and demodulation

techniques by constructing modems.

The planned experiments will reinforce

the theory presented in the classroom

and provide students with hands-onexperience. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: October 20,

2000.

Gerald A. Zerdy,

Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs

Staff.

[FR Doc. 00–29255 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Export Trade Certificate of Review

ACTION: Notice of application to amend

an Export Trade Certificate of Review.

SUMMARY: The Office of Export Trading

Company Affairs (‘‘OETCA’’),

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce, has received

an application to amend an Export

Trade Certificate of Review

(‘‘Certificate’’). This notice summarizes

the proposed amendment and requests

comments relevant to whether the

Certificate should be issued.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Morton Schnabel, Director, Office of

Export Trading Company Affairs,

International Trade Administration,

(202) 482–5131 (this is not a toll-free

number) or E-mail at oetca@ita.doc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of

the Export Trading Company Act of

1982 (15 U.S.C. 4001–21) authorizes the

Secretary of Commerce to issue Export

Trade Certificates of Review. An Export

Trade Certificate of Review protects the

holder and the members identified in

the Certificate from state and federal

government antitrust actions and from

private treble damage antitrust actions

for the export conduct specified in the

Certificate and carried out in

compliance with its terms and

conditions. Section 302(b)(1) of the

Export Trading Company Act of 1982

and 15 CFR 325.6(a) require the

Secretary to publish a notice in the

Federal Register identifying the

applicant and summarizing its proposed

export conduct.

Request for Public Comments

Interested parties may submit written

comments relevant to the determination

whether an amended Certificate should

be issued. If the comments include any

privileged or confidential business

information, it must be clearly marked

and a nonconfidential version of the

comments (identified as such) should be

included. Any comments not marked

privileged or confidential business

information will be deemed to be

nonconfidential. An original and five (5)

copies, plus two (2) copies of the

nonconfidential version, should be

submitted no later than 20 days after the

date of this notice to: Office of Export

Trading Company Affairs, International

Trade Administration, Department of

Commerce, Room 1104H, Washington,

DC 20230. Information submitted by any

person is exempt from disclosure under

the Freedom of Information Act (5

U.S.C. 552). However, nonconfidential

versions of the comments will be made

available to the applicant if necessary

for determining whether or not to issue

the Certificate. Comments should refer

to this application as ‘‘Export Trade

Certificate of Review, application

number 95–3A006.’’

The Water and Wastewater

Equipment Manufacturers Association’s

(‘‘WWEMA’’) original Certificate was

issued on June 21, 1996 (61 FR 36708,

July 12, 1996) and previously amended

on May 20, 1997 (62 FR 29104, May 29,

1997) and February 23, 1998 (63 FR

10003, February 27, 1998). A summary

of the application for an amendment

follows.

Summary of the Application:

Applicant: The Water and Wastewater

Equipment Manufacturers Association,

101 E. Holly Avenue, Suite 3, Sterling,

Virginia 20164.

Contact: Randolph J. Stayin, Counsel,

Telephone: (202) 289–1313.

Application No.: 95–3A006.

Date Deemed Submitted: November 2,

2000.

Proposed Amendment: WWEMA

seeks to amend its Certificate to:

1. Add each of the following

companies as a new ‘‘Member’’ of the

Certificate within the meaning of

section 325.2(1) of the Regulations (15

CFR 325.2(1)): Aqua-Aerobic Systems,

Inc., Rockford, Illinois; Pentair Pump

Group, Inc., North Aurora, Illinois; and

Sanitaire Corporation, Brown Deer,

Wisconsin;

2. Delete the following companies as

‘‘Members’’ of the Certificate: AeroMod, Incorporated, Manhattan, Kansas;

Elsag Bailey Process Automation N.V.

for the activities of its unit BaileyFischer & Porter Company, Warminster,

Pennsylvania; CBI Walker, Inc., Aurora,

Illinois; Dorr-Oliver Incorporated,

Milford, Connecticut; Enviroquip, Inc.,

Austin, Texas; General Signal

Corporation for the activities of its unit

General Signal Pump Group, North

Aurora, Illinois; Great Lakes

Environmental, Inc., Addison, Illinois;

Hycor Corporation, Lake Bluff, Illinois;

I. Kruger, Inc., Cary, North Carolina;

Jeffrey Chain Corporation, Morristown,

Tennessee; Mass Transfer Systems, Inc.,

Fall River, Massachusetts; Patterson

Pump Co., Taccoa, Georgia; SanTech,

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Inc. dba Sanborn Technologies,

Medway, Massachusetts; Wallace &

Tiernan, Inc., Belleville, New Jersey;

Water Equipment Technologies, Inc.,

West Palm Beach, Florida; Water

Pollution Control Corp, Brown Deer,

Wisconsin; Waterlink, Inc., Canton,

Ohio; and Waterlink Operational

Services, Inc. dba Blue Water Services,

Manhattan, Kansas;

3. Change the listing of the company

name for the current Member A.O.

Smith Harvestore Products, Inc. to the

new listing A.O. Smith Engineered

Storage Products Company; and

4. Remove from the current

Certificate, the restriction found under

Export Trade Activities and Methods of

Operation Paragraph F (1–3) placed on

Restricted Members Conservatek

Industries, Inc. and Temcor regarding

the Restricted Product Aluminum

Covers:

1. Participation in any price

discussion is limited to instances in

which the prices are discussed and

determined solely in the following

manner: a Neutral Third Party, as

hereinafter defined, acting

independently, will obtain price

information concerning each Restricted

Product for which the Restricted

Members listed in conjunction

therewith intend to participate as part of

a joint bid or other sales arrangement,

and will incorporate such price

information into the bid or other

arrangement.

(i) For purposes of this paragraph,

‘‘acting independently’’ means that the

Neutral Third Party who obtains the

price information from the Restricted

Members, and who negotiates offer

prices on behalf of the Restricted

Members, will not disclose the price

information of one Restricted Member to

another Restricted Member intending to

participate in a joint bid or other sales

arrangement as a Supplier of the

Restricted Products.

(ii) For purposes of this paragraph,

‘‘Neutral Third Party’’ means an

individual, partnership, corporation

(profit or non-profit), or any

representative thereof which is not

engaged in the manufacture,

distribution, or sale of any Restricted

Product. Any Member may be a Neutral

Third Party as long as it meets the

requirements set out above.

2. The limitation set forth in

paragraph F.1 above also shall apply to

instances where more than one

Restricted Member intends to

participate in the joint bid or other sales

arrangement but the participation of one

is solely as an Export Intermediary for

the Export Trade Activity or Method of

Operation.

3. Neither WWEMA nor any Member

participating in the Export Trade

Activity or Method of Operation shall

disclose the price information of one

Restricted Member to another Restricted

Member with respect to the relevant

Restricted Product.

Dated: November 8, 2000.

Morton Schnabel,

Director, Office of Export Trading Company

Affairs.

[FR Doc. 00–29092 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Government Owned Inventions

Available for Licensing

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Government owned

inventions available for licensing.

SUMMARY: The inventions listed below

are owned in whole or in part by the

U.S. Government, as represented by the

Department of Commerce, and are

available for licensing in accordance

with 35 U.S.C. 207 and 37 CFR part 404

to achieve expeditious

commercialization of results of federally

funded research and development.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical and licensing information on

these inventions may be obtained by

writing to: National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Office of

Technology Partnerships, Building 820,

Room 213, Gaithersburg, MD 20899; Fax

301–869–2751. Any request for

information should include the NIST

Docket No. and Title for the relevant

invention as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIST may

enter into a Cooperative Research and

Development Agreement (‘‘CRADA’’)

with the licensee to perform further

research on the inventions for purposes

of commercialization. The inventions

available for licensing are:

NIST Docket Number: 96–049US.

Title: Power Sensor.

Abstract: A method for forming a

single cavity in a substrate, which may

extend approximately the length of a

device located on top of the substrate,

and device produced thereby. The

device has a length and a width, and

may extend approximately the length of

the substrate. After locating the device

on the surface of the substrate, a first

etchant is applied through openings on

the surface of the substrate.

Subsequently, a second etchant is

applied through the same openings on

the surface of the substrate. As a result,

a single cavity is formed beneath the

surface of the device, suspending the

device and minimizing electrical

coupling. This invention is jointly

owned by the Government and another

party. The Government’s interest is

available for licensing.

NIST Docket Number: 99–007PCT.

Title: Polymer Layered Inorganic

Nanocomposites.

Abstract: Polymer layered silicate

nanocomposites are novel materials that

have improved stiffness, barrier

properties, and flammability properties.

Although melt intercalation has been

shown for some systems this approach

has limitations and may not produce the

same type of nanocomposites as the in

situ polymerization approach. Several

examples have shown that the driving

force of a polymerization reaction is

required to obtain complete dispersion

of the silicate in the polymer. This in

situ polymerization method has been

proven for polyamides, polyesters and

epoxies; however, new methods of

preparation are needed, especially for

non-polar polymers. This demonstrates

that novel exfoliated polymer layered

silicate nanocomposites can be prepared

using metal catalysts, which have been

intercalated into layered silicates. This

process we define as ‘‘in situ transitionmetal mediated polymerization.’’ This

invention is available only for nonexclusive licensing.

Dated: November 8, 2000.

Karen H. Brown,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 00–29161 Filed 11–14–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of partially closed

meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. app.

2, notice is hereby given that the

Visiting Committee on Advanced

Technology, National Institute of

Standards and Technology (NIST), will

meet Tuesday, December 5, 2000 from

8:15 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. and Wednesday,

December 6, 2000 from 8 a.m. to 12:45

p.m. The Visiting Committee on