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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 LaboratoryNarragansett, 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]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–F

University of California, Irvine, et al.;

Notice of Consolidated Decision on

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

This is a decision consolidated

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.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instruments described below, for such

purposes as each is intended to be used,

is being manufactured in the United

States.

Docket Number: 94–130. Applicant:

University of California, Irvine, CA

92717-1650. Instrument: Positron

Emission Tomography Camera System,

Model GE 2048. Manufacturer: General

Electric, Sweden. Intended Use: See

notice at 59 FR 60607, November 25,

1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) a detector ring diameter of

51.5 cm (for head only measurements),

(2) interleaved imaging of 30

simultaneous slices in a single

acquisition interval and (3) stationary or

operator selectable wobble (1-60 RPM)

modes. Advice Received From: The

National Institutes of Health, February

16, 1995.

Docket Number: 94–132. Applicant:

The Regents of the University of

California, Riverside, CA 92521.

Instrument: Microvolume Stopped-Flow

Spectroflourimeter, Model SX-17MV.

Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics,

Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:

See notice at 59 FR 63762, December 9,

1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) automated stop syringe

operation and data acquisition via 32 bit

RISC-processor workstation, (2) log time

base data acquisition, (3) high

reproducibility of repeat measurements

and (4) dead time of 850μs. Advice

Received From: The National Institutes

of Health, February 16, 1995.

Docket Number: 94–136. Applicant:

Iowa State University of Science and

Technology, Ames, Iowa 50011-4050.

Instrument: Servo Systems Experiments,

Model SRV-02. Manufacturer: Quanser

Consulting, Canada. Intended Use: See

notice at 59 FR 63762, December 9,

1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides designed capability for use in

academic laboratories to demonstrate

principles related to equations of

motion and dynamic responses in

digital control system design and

theory. Advice Received From: The

National Institutes of Health, February

16, 1995.

Docket Number: 94–137. Applicant:

University of Vermont, Burlington, VT

05405. Instrument: Trough, Model

611M-100. Manufacturer: CTC

Technologies, United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR

63762, December 9, 1994. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides preparation

of lipid monolayers for structural

studies including atomic force

microscopy. Advice Received From: The

National Institutes of Health, February

16, 1995.

Docket Number: 95–003. Applicant:

The Pennsylvania State University,

University Park, PA 16802-4801.

Instrument: Automatic Grinding,

Mixing, Stirring and Kneading

Machines. Manufacturer: Nitto Kagaku

Co., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See

notice at 60 FR 9662, February 21, 1995.

Reasons: The foreign instrument
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provides automatic grinding and mixing

of raw powders to high levels of

uniformity and purity (99.999%) using

dual crossing arms which rotate in

opposite directions from a rotating

mortar. Advice Received From: The

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, March 29, 1995.

The National Institutes of Health and

The National Institute of Standards and

Technology advise that (1) the

capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purpose and (2) they know of no

domestic instrument or apparatus of

equivalent scientific value for the

intended use of each instrument.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus being manufactured in the

United States which is of equivalent

scientific value to any of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 95–10525 Filed 4–27–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–F

COMMITTEE FOR THE

IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE

AGREEMENTS

Announcement of Import Restraint

Limits for Certain Cotton, Wool, ManMade Fiber, Silk Blend and Other

Vegetable Fiber Textiles and Textile

Products Produced or Manufactured in

Romania

April 24, 1995.

AGENCY: Committee for the

Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA).

ACTION: Issuing a directive to the

Commissioner of Customs establishing

limits.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anne Novak, International Trade

Specialist, Office of Textiles and

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202) 482–4212. For information on the

quota status of these limits, refer to the

Quota Status Reports posted on the

bulletin boards of each Customs port or

call (202) 927–5850. For information on

embargoes and quota re-openings, call

(202) 482–3715.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: Executive Order 11651 of March

3, 1972, as amended; section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854).

The Bilateral Textile and Apparel

Agreement of December 20, 1994

between the Governments of the United

States and Romania establishes limits

for the period beginning on January 1,

1995 and extending through December

31, 1995.

A description of the textile and

apparel categories in terms of HTS

numbers is available in the

CORRELATION: Textile and Apparel

Categories with the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (see

Federal Register notice 59 FR 65531,

published on December 20, 1994).

The letter to the Commissioner of

Customs and the actions taken pursuant

to it are not designed to implement all

of the provisions of the bilateral

agreement, but are designed to assist

only in the implementation of certain of

their provisions.

Rita D. Hyaes,

Chairman, Committee for the Implementation

of Textile Agreements.

Committee for the Implementation of Textile

Agreements

April 24, 1995.

Commissioner of Customs,

Department of the Treasury, Washington, DC

20229.

Dear Commissioner: Effective on May 2,

1995, you are directed to no longer count

imports of textile products in Categories 410,

414, 464, 465, 469, 611, 613–615, 617–622,

624–629, 665, 666, 669 and 670, produced or

manufactured in Romania and exported

during the period beginning on January 1,

1995 and extending through December 31,

1995 (see directive dated November 29,

1994).

Under the terms of section 204 of the

Agricultural Act of 1956, as amended (7

U.S.C. 1854); pursuant to the Bilateral Textile

and Apparel Agreement of December 20,

1994 between the Governments of the United

States and Romania; and in accordance with

the provisions of Executive Order 11651 of

March 3, 1972, as amended, you are directed

to prohibit, effective on May 2, 1995, entry

into the United States for consumption and

withdrawal from warehouse for consumption

of cotton, wool, man-made fiber, silk blend

and other vegetable fiber textiles and textile

products in the following categories,

produced or manufactured in Romania and

exported during the twelve-month period

beginning on January 1, 1995 and extending

through December 31, 1995, in excess of the

following limits:

Category Twelve-month restraint

limit 1

Cotton Group

200, 201, 218–220,

222–227, 229,

237, 239, 300,

301, 313–315,

317, 326, 330–

342, 345, 347–

354, 359–363,

369, 800, 810,

831–836, 838–

840, 842–847,

850–852, 858,

859, 863, 870, 871

and 899, as a

group.

54,060,737 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Cotton

Group

315 ....................... 2,847,370 square meters.

333/833 ................ 112,772 dozen.

334 ....................... 272,582 dozen.

335/835 ................ 142,845 dozen.

338/339 ................ 616,488 dozen.

340 ....................... 269,092 dozen.

341/840 ................ 112,772 dozen.

347/348 ................ 481,162 dozen.

360 ....................... 1,590,000 numbers.

361 ....................... 1,060,000 numbers.

836 ....................... 53,000 dozen.

Group III

431–436, 438–

440, 442–448,

459, 630–654

and 659, as a

group.

60,367,521 square

meters equivalent.

Sublevels in Group

III

433/434 ................ 7,156 dozen.

435 ....................... 7,575 dozen.

442 ....................... 11,110 dozen.

443 ....................... 104,237 numbers.

444 ....................... 40,400 numbers.

447/448 ................ 20,200 dozen.

638/639 ................ 545,150 dozen.

Level not in a group

604 ....................... 1,580,516 kilograms.

1The limits have not been adjusted to account for any imports exported after December

31, 1994.

Imports charged to these category limits for

the period January 1, 1994 through December

31, 1994, shall be charged against those

levels of restraint to the extent of any unfilled

balances. In the event the limits established

for that period have been exhausted by

previous entries, such goods shall be subject

to the levels set forth in this directive.

The conversion factors for the following

merged categories are listed below:

Category

Conversion factor

(square meters equivalent/category unit)

341/840 ..................... 12.1

433/434 ..................... 35.2

638/639 ..................... 12.96

In carrying out the above directions, the

Commissioner of Customs should construe