[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25621-25623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12874]



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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

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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: 95-088R. Applicant: Mississippi State University, 
Box C, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Instrument: Stopped-Flow 
Spectrometer, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics 
Limited, United Kingdom. Intended Use: Original notice of this 
resubmitted application was published in the Federal Register of 
October 23, 1995.

    Docket Number: 96-015. Applicant: Princeton University, 110 
Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08544-0033. Instrument: 
Spectrophotometer/Fluorimeter System. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies 
of metalloporphyrin catalysts to determine which chemical properties 
determine the rates of oxidative catalysis. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 26, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-016. Applicant: University of Iowa Hospitals and 
Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242. Instrument: [\11\C] 
Methylation Synthesis Module. Manufacturer: Nuclear Interface GmbH, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to generate short-
lived Carbon-11 radioactively labeled chemicals which will be used to 
study basic and clinical aspects of human disease and metabolism. The 
objective of these studies is to understand the basis of a disease and 
aid in its detection and prevention. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 26, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-017. Applicant: University of Iowa Hospitals and 
Clinics, 200 Hawkins Drive, Iowa City, IA 52242. Instrument: [\18\F] 
Synthesis Module. Manufacturer: Nuclear Interface GmbH, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to generate short-lived 
Fluorine-18 radioactively labeled chemicals which will be used to study 
basic and clinical aspects of human disease and metabolism. The 
objective of these studies is to understand the basis of a disease and 
aid in its detection and prevention. Application Accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: February 26, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-018. Applicant: Texas A&M University, Department 
of Biochemistry and Biophysics, College Station, TX 77843-2128. 
Instrument: Multi-Mixing Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to follow chemical reactions of enzymes 
over time courses of less than a second during experiments conducted to 
determine the chemical mechanisms of flavoprotein oxidases and of 
tetrahydropterin-dependent hydroxylases. In addition, the instrument 
will be used to provide training for students enrolled in Biochemistry 
and Biophysics 690 ``Theory of Biochemical Research'' and Biochemistry 
and Biophysics 691 ``Research''. Application Accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: February 27, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-019. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Purchasing Division, 206 South Wright Street, Urbana, Il 
61801. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Reaction Analyser, Model SX.17MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study rapid reaction of bacterial hemecopper 
oxidases. The two kinds of experiments planned include the reaction of 
the enzymes with ligands such as cyanide and azide, and the reaction 
with reductants. This will involve examining a series of mutants to 
determine the functional importance of specific residues in the 
mechanism of these enzymes. Application Accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: February 27, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-020. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases, 1550 E. 
Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85014. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, 
Model Delta S. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for studies of stable isotopes of oxygen and 
hydrogen in urine which are aimed at understanding energy expenditure 
as a factor in the development of obesity and diabetes in the Pima 
Indian population. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
February 28, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-021. Applicant: Carnegie Institution of 
Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, 5241 Broad Branch 
Road, NW, Washington, DC 20015. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 
IMS 6F. Manufacturer: CAMECA, France. Intended Use: The instrument will 
be used for in-situ analysis of trace elements (<0.1%) and isotopes in 
geologic minerals and for imaging of spatial distribution of trace 
elements and isotopes. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
February 28, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-022. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 
4000 Jones Bridge Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789. Instrument: 4 
Syringe Stopped-Flow Module, Model SFM-4/S. Manufacturer: BioLogic, 
France. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to explore a variety 
of fundamental questions that concern the in vivo folding of proteins 
and the actions of molecular chaperones. The instrument will be 
configured for use in stopped-flow fluorescence intensity and 
anisotropy experiments designed to dissect and understand how proteins 
are manipulated and folded by molecular chaperones. Application 
Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: February 28, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-023. Applicant: Yale University, School of 
Medicine, Department of MB&B, 333 Cedar Street, New Haven, CT 06510. 
Instrument: Shielded Gradient System, Model IC60. Manufacturer: Oxford 
Magnet Technology, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for studies of nuclear magnetic resonance properties of metabolite 
chemicals in human brain, liver and kidney. NMR spectroscopic methods 
will be developed and tested on chemical solutions and on human 
subjects. When these methods are optimized they will be used in 
experiments designed to measure rates of metabolism and metabolite 
concentrations in normal humans and in disease states. Other research 
projects will include (1) the study of cerebral metabolism in humans, 
(2) continued studies of muscle and hepatic glycogen metabolism in man, 
and (3) non-invasive probe of tissue metabolism. Application Accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: February 28, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-024. Applicant: The University of Georgia, 
College of Pharmacy, DW Brooks Drive, Athens, GA 30602-2352. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG AutoSpec. Manufacturer: Fisons 
Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The

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instrument will be used to analyze by high resolution mass spectrometry 
synthetic and naturally occurring nucleosides as part of an effort to 
create new anti-viral and anti-cancer drugs. In addition, the 
instrument will be used to train professional and graduate students in 
mass spectrometry. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
March 1, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-12874 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]
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