[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13699-13700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6262]



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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: 95-008. Applicant: U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585. Instrument: Fuel Cell. 
Manufacturer: Fuji Electric Company, Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to convert hydrogen and oxygen into electrical 
power during studies of the use of a phosphoric acid fuel cell to 
propel an urban transit bus. [[Page 13700]] Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 2, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-009. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin, 
Center for Space Research, WRW 402, Campus Code C0605, Austin, TX 
78712. Instrument: Precise Range and Range-rate Equipment Satellite 
Tracking Ground Station. Manufacturer: Dornier GmbH, Germany. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to provide ground based tracking 
support for European Space Agency and Earth-Remote Sensing Satellite. 
Knowing the precise location of the ERS-2 satellite, the satellite 
measurements can be accurately reduced to study climate and 
environmental related phenomenon. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: February 9, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-010. Applicant: Skidaway Institute of 
Oceanography, University System of Georgia, 10 Ocean Science Circle, 
Savannah, GA 31411. Instrument: Laser Ablation Accessory, 
Electrothermal Vaporization System, Desolvating Nebulizer. 
Manufacturer: Fisons, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instruments are 
accessories to an existing mass spectrometer used to enhance trace 
metal analysis capabilities when investigating water, sediment, tissue 
and any type of solid sample. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: February 14, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-011. Applicant: Columbia University in the City 
of New York, Biological Sciences, 500 Fairchild Bldg., New York, NY 
10027. Instrument: High Energy Xenon Flashlamp System, Model XF-10. 
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for flash photolysis of ``caged'' compounds 
including caged calcium, a technique used to examine the effect of 
local elevations of calcium in muscle cells on transmitter release from 
neurons which synapse on that muscle cell. These experiments are 
conducted with the hope of achieving a more complete understanding of 
how transmitter is released and how this release is controlled. 
Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 14, 1995.


Frank Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-6262 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]
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