[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20967-20968]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10526]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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: 95-021. Applicant: Tulane University, 6823 St. 
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118. Instrument: Ultra Sensitive 
Steady State Fluorimeter with Accessories, Model FS900CD. Manufacturer: 
Edinburgh Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to monitor the behavior of organic and 
inorganic molecules by their emissive properties. Further, the 
instrument will be used to develop and study red sensitive dyes, a 
class of molecules which have attracted attention. In addition, the 
instrument will be used for training graduate and undergraduate 
students towards their degree. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: March 28, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-022. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 
61801. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM200. Manufacturer: 
Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used by 
pre and post-doctoral students as a research tool to examine the 
microscopic structure of the following specimens or compounds of 
interest: the brain, copolymers, inorganic compounds adrenocortical 
cells, the honey bee, FLAT-MAP proteins and sub-micron structures. 
[[Page 20968]] Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 
29, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-023. Applicant: Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Medical Center, One Veterans Plaza, San Juan, PR 00927-5800. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM100. Manufacturer: Philips, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies 
of the morphologic changes produced by disease at the ultrastructural 
level in tissues. In addition, the instrument will be used for clinical 
teaching of residents in pathology, with emphasis in the diagnostic 
aspects of ultrastructural findings in relation to disease and 
practical use of the instrument. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: March 28, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-024. Applicant: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Research & Development, Environmental Research 
Laboratory-Narragansett, 27 Tarzwell Drive, Narragansett, RI 02882. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG Optima. Manufacturer: Fisons 
Instruments, Inc., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used in the following experiments and measurements: (1) determining the 
origins, transport and fate of organic chemicals and inorganic nutrient 
elements in coastal marine organisms and ecosystems, (2) characterizing 
the sources of carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur in coastal marine food 
webs, (3) developing stable isotopic component of chemical markers and 
toxicity identification test, (4) atmospheric research, and (5) stable 
isotopic tracer experiments to elucidate the biogeochemical cycles of 
carbon nitrogen and sulfur in coastal environments. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 28, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-025. Applicant: John L. McClellan Memorial 
Hospital, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service, 4300 West 7th 
Street, Little Rock, AR 72205. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument 
will be used for the study of human and animal tissues representing 
various disease states and experimental paradigms. In addition, the 
instrument be used for training medical and graduate students. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 28, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-026. Applicant: Tulane University, 6823 St. 
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118. Instrument: Lifetime CD 
Spectrometer, Model FL 900. Manufacturer: Edinburgh Instruments, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to monitor the 
excited state lifetime of organic and inorganic molecules by their 
emissive properties. The research involves the study of catalytic 
materials such as zeolites and silica and characterizing reactant 
molecules absorbed to these catalysts. In addition, the instrument will 
be used for training the research students. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 4, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-027. Applicant: Samuel S. Stratton Department of 
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 113 Holland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM100. Manufacturer: Philips, 
The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies 
of both biological tissue and inorganic materials such as asbestos, 
silicon and calcified particles. The research projects include:
(1) environmental pathology -- measuring particle burdens in human lung 
tissue,
(2) diffraction analysis of calcified products -- identifying the 
composition of kidney and gall stones, and
(3) immunolabelling in tissues and cytology specimens.
    In addition, the instrument will be used for medical resident 
training specializing in electron microscopy. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 5, 1995.


Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-10526 Filed 4-27-95; 8:45 am]
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