Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 45 / Friday, March 7, 1997 / Notices 10543

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 96–072R. Applicant:

Penn State University, University Park,

PA 16802. Instrument: Nano Indentor

System, Model UMIS 2001.

Manufacturer: CISRO, Australia.

Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR

41773, August 12, 1996.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as it is

intended to be used, was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time the instrument was ordered

(September 21, 1995). Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides a spherical

indentor to permit making stress/strain

measurements.

A domestic manufacturer of similar

equipment advised on February 11,

1997 that (1) this capability is pertinent

to the applicant’s intended purpose and

(2) it knows of no domestic instrument

or apparatus of equivalent scientific

value to the foreign instrument for the

applicant’s intended use.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–5634 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

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: 97–011. Applicant:

The University of Chicago, 5640 S.

Ingleside Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637.

Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer,

Model ELEMENT. Manufacturer:

Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use:

The article is intended to be used for

studies of a wide range of natural and

synthetic materials including

components in meteorites, lunar

samples, rocks and minerals, and

natural waters. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: February 6,

1997.

Docket Number: 97–012. Applicant:

University of California, Santa Barbara,

Marine Science Institute, Santa Barbara,

CA 93106. Instrument: UV Microprobe

Laser Ablation System. Manufacturer:

VG Elemental, United Kingdom.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used in conjunction with a mass

spectrometer to analyze calcified

materials (fish ear bones, molluscan

shells) for their trace element and

isotopic content, typically including

elements such as Ba, Sr, Mn and Pb. In

addition, the instrument will be used for

educational purposes in a course

designed to provide training and

instruction for students in marine

biology and geochemistry interested in

applying LA–ICPMS techniques in their

dissertation research. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

February 6, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–013. Applicant:

Norfolk State University, 2401 Corprew

Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23504. Instrument:

Q-Band ESR Spectrometer with

Accessories. Manufacturer: Bruker

Instruments Inc., Germany. Intended

Use: The article is intended to be used

for investigations of the defect

structures and dopant charge states in

organic crystals including YAlO and

YAG grown under various conditions

with various active ions. The objective

of these studies is to elucidate the

mechanisms affecting the efficiencies of

crystals for laser and scintillating

applications. Future studies include the

investigation of thermomechanically

generated paramagnetic sites in

polymers to determine the nature of the

sites and studies of potential catalytic

polymers. In addition, the instrument

will be used for educational purposes by

undergraduate physics and chemistry

majors and graduate students.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: February 6, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–015. Applicant:

North Carolina State University,

Campus Box 7212, 206 Alumni

Building, Raleigh, NC 27695–7212.

Instrument: Photoelectron Emission

Microscope. Manufacturer: ELMITEC,

Germany. Intended Use: The article is

intended to be used for studies of

epitaxial growth of wide bandgap

semiconductors, in particular the IIInitrides and SiC and formation of

quantum dots of Co-silicides. The

objective of these investigations will be

to observe in real-time growth modes of

wide bandgap semiconductors and

surface reactions vital to understanding

processing issues of electronic materials

and in device fabrication. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

February 11, 1997.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–5625 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

University of Pennsylvania; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made 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.

Docket Number: 96–119. Applicant:

University of Pennsylvania,

Philadelphia, PA 19104–6272.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

JEM–2010F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd.,

Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

979, January 7, 1997.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as the

instrument is intended to be used, was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Reasons: The foreign instrument is a

conventional transmission electron

microscope (CTEM) and is intended for

research or scientific educational uses

requiring a CTEM. We know of no

CTEM, or any other instrument suited to

these purposes, which was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time of order of the instrument.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–5635 Filed 3–6–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Notice

of Decision on Application for DutyFree Entry of Scientific Instrument

This decision is made 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