[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16618-16619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8008]



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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: 95-012. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Berkeley, CA 94720-
4767. Instrument: Electron Microprobe, Model SX 50. Manufacturer: 
Cameca, France. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies 
of various materials including mineral grain separates, whole rock thin 
sections, soil particles, meteorites, archeological artifacts, 
experimental glass and crystallite charges, volcanic ashes, rare earth 
semiconductors, superconducting oxides, silicide and nitride ceramics, 
and super alloys. The instrument will also be used to teach Geology 401 
(Electron Microprobe) to graduate students to provide an in depth 
[[Page 16619]] understanding of both the technical aspects of the 
electron microprobe and its theoretical basis. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 17, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-013. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 
61801. Instrument: Eye Tracking System, Model EYELINK. Manufacturer: SR 
Research Ltd., Canada. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in a 
series of experiments planned to investigate performance on perceptual 
tasks in visual speech perception. Eye-monitoring techniques will be 
used to precisely determine facial regions attended to by the 
speechreader. Direct comparisons of performance on a series of 
perceptual tasks will be made among adults who differ in speechreading 
proficiency, those with either normal hearing, congenital hearing-loss, 
or adult-onset hearing loss. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: February 22, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-014. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee, 3209 North Maryland Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53211. Instrument: 
Mass Spectrometer, Model Autospec 3000. Manufacturer: Fisons 
Instruments, Inc., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for negative ion thermospray studies of ions generated from 
molecules traditionally difficult to characterize and observe. The 
instrument will also be used for educational purposes in various 
chemistry courses. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
February 22, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-015. Applicant: Georgia State University, 
University Plaza, Atlanta, GA 30303. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, 
Model SOLA. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to continue a wide array of geochemical and 
environmental geochemistry problems. One particular research area of 
interest is the application of ICP-MS in REE and trace element studies 
of fluid inclusions. In addition, the instrument will be used for the 
training of post-doctoral research associates, M.S. students and 
undergraduate students. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: February 23, 1995.


    Docket Number: 95-016. Applicant: Jersey City State College, 
Kennedy Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM 1010. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument will be used to teach undergraduate students the 
principles and techniques of transmission electron microscopy and 
provide them the instrumental basis for carrying out research at the 
ultrastructural level. The proposed research includes investigation of 
the effects of ionizing radiation at the level of tissue and organ 
ultrastructure and of various chemical toxicants on cellular 
components. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 1, 
1995.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-8008 Filed 3-30-95; 8:45 am]
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