Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 10 / Wednesday, January 15, 1997 / Notices 2133

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 96–113. Applicant:

The College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ

08650. Instrument: Electron Microscope,

Model H–7000–S. Manufacturer: Hitachi

Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: See

notice at 61 FR 59417, November 22,

1996. Order date: October 9, 1996.

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. 97–925 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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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: 96–125. Applicant:

Smithsonian Institution, National

Zoological Park, 3800 Connecticut

Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005.

Instrument: Biological Cryostage, Model

BCS 196. Manufacturer: Linkam

Scientific Instruments Ltd., United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to develop optimal sperm

cryopreservation protocols in

endangered species. It will be

compatible with an existing

videomicroscope, permitting both direct

observation and video documentation of

sperm visibility during the freeze-thaw

process. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: November

26, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–126. Applicant:

Cornell University, Purchasing

Department, 55 Judd Falls Road, Ithaca,

NY 14850. Instrument: IR Mass

Spectrometer, Model Deltaplus.

Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used for the high precision

determination of stable isotopes of

carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and

sulfur during studies of (1) water and

CO2 flux in environmental systems, (2)

plant-water-atmosphere relationships

and (3) artificially enriched carbon,

trace gases, and isotopes in carbonates.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: November 26, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–127. Applicant:

U. S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, MS

963, Denver Federal Center, Denver, CO

80225. Instrument: SIR Mass

Spectrometer with Automated Sample

Peripherals, Model Optima.

Manufacturer: Micromass, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used during investigations to

determine the stable isotope

composition of the appropriate

geological waters, rocks and minerals to

further the understanding of the history

of the earth’s climate and wide range of

geological and environmental processes.

An additional use of the instrument will

be to develop the capability of analyzing

extremely small samples for stable

isotope compositions using domestic

manufactured lasers for microsampling.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: December 2, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–128. Applicant:

Montana State University, Microbiology

Department, 109 Lewis Hall, P.O. Box

17352, Bozeman, MT 59717–0352.

Instrument: Real-time Microbial

Analysis System, Model ChemScan.

Manufacturer: Chemunex SA, France.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used to count the numbers of bacteria in

samples of water, wastewater, soil,

sediment, food, beverage and other

similar materials. In addition, the

instrument will be used for graduate

and undergraduate student research and

training. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 2,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–130. Applicant:

State University of New York, Research

Foundation, Stony Brook, NY 11794.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model

Deltaplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT,

Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used for studies concerning the

relative abundances of the isotopes

carbon-12 to carbon-13, oxygen-18 to

oxygen-16, hydrogen-1 to hydrogen-2,

nitrogen-14 to nitrogen-15, and sulfur34 to sulfur-36 in gas phase compounds,

including atmospheric carbon

monoxide, atmospheric methane, sulfur

hexafluoride, molecular nitrogen, and

molecular oxygen. In addition, the

instrument will be used for hands on

instruction of mass spectrometry and

will be available to graduate students

pursuing advanced degrees in the earth

sciences. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 4,

1996.

Frank W. Creel,

Director Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–924 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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University of Southern California;

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: 95–061R. Applicant:

University of Southern California, Los

Angeles, CA 90033. Instrument: 3–

Dimensional Motion Analyser, Model

Vicon System 370. Manufacturer:

Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR

40823, August 10, 1995.

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, is being

manufactured in the United States.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) exact synchronization of

position and force data used in inverse

dynamic analysis and (2) a unique

software suite permitting instant

visualization of both normal and

pathological states of motion. These

capabilities are pertinent to the

applicant’s intended purposes and we

know of no other instrument or

apparatus of equivalent scientific value

to the foreign instrument which is being

manufactured in the United States.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–927 Filed 1–14–97; 8:45 am]

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