[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 111 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31737]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15472]


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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 p.m. in Room 4211, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 98-026. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
Center for Neuroscience, 1544 Newton Court, Davis, CA 95616. 
Instrument: Optical Imaging System, Model ORA 2001. Manufacturer: 
Optical Imaging, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to study the activity patterns of neurons in the primary visual 
cortex of laboratory animals to determine how the environment and 
patterns of neural activity influence the development of the brain. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the 
research courses Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior 199 and 
Neuroscience 299. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 
8, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-027. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University of 
New Jersey, University Procurement & Contracting, 56 Bevier Road, 
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8010. Instrument: (10 ea.) Specimen 
Micromanipulator, Model A-3-S. Manufacturer: Narishige Scientific, 
Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in spinal 
cord injury research assessing a variety of neuroprotective, 
regenerative and remyelinative therapies. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 15, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-028. Applicant: Cornell University, Cornell 
Center for Materials Research, SB56 Bard Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-1501. 
Instrument: Electron Microprobe, Model JXA-8900R. Manufacturer: 
Narishige Scientific, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended 
to be used in experiments consisting of focusing a high voltage 
electron beam on a solid sample, generating characteristic x-rays and 
measuring these x-rays quantitatively with wavelength and energy 
dispersive spectrometers. The objectives of these investigations are 
the quantitative microchemical analysis of geological, chemical and 
materials science samples and qualitative identification and mapping of 
elemental distributions. In addition, the instrument will be used for 
training postdoctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students in 
the operation of the instrument through demonstration and hands-on 
instruction. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 15, 
1998.
    Docket Number: 98-029. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, Scripps Institute of Oceanography, 7835 Trade Street, San Diego, 
CA 92121. Instrument: Wave Measurement Equipment. Manufacturer: 
Datawell bv, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended 
to be used in support of ongoing and proposed research on the evolution 
of directional wave spectra across the continental shelf and near 
complex bathymetric features. The instrument will significantly expand 
Department of Defense wave data measurement capabilities on the shelf 
and will be used over the next 5 years by a consortium of Office of 
Naval Research principal investigators studying wave propagation 
processes in a wide range of geographic settings. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: May 20, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-15472 Filed 6-9-98; 8:45 am]
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