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Docket Number: 96–027. Applicant:

Belmont University, Biology

Department, 1900 Belmont Boulevard,

Nashville, TN 37212–3757. Instrument:

Electron Microscope, Model EM208.

Manufacturer: Philips, Czechoslovakia.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used primarily for educational purposes

in the course BIO 401, Electron

Microscopy in which students will: (1)

Fix, embed, section, and stain plant and

animal tissues and single-cell

organisms, (2) learn the proper

operation of a transmission electron

microscope, (3) learn how to take

photographs of the sectioned tissues, (4)

study the ultrastructure of the cells/

tissues that have been photographed,

and (5) properly mount and label the

photographs. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 7,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–028. Applicant:

Florida International University, SERP,

University Park, Miami, FL 33199.

Instrument: (2) Mass Spectrometers,

Model Delta C. Manufacturer: Finnigan

MAT, Germany. Intended Use: The

instruments will be used in a variety of

basic research projects, including

studies of food webs in the Everglades

and associated coastal systems, studies

of plant uptake of C and N in south

Florida wetlands and coral reefs, and

studies of microbial processes such as

respiration and nitrification. In

addition, the instrument will be used in

support of an annual workshop course

with the objective of stimulating use of

stable isotope tracer technologies by

faculty and students in their

environmental research. Application

Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

March 11, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–029. Applicant:

University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242.

Instrument: EPR Spectrometer, Model

EMX 6/1. Manufacturer: Bruker

Instruments, Germany. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used to study

environmental catalysts which provide

catalytic solutions to environmental

problems. The research will focus on

applications of EPR to transition metal

exchanged zeolites and will yield

structural information about the active

site of the catalyst. Application

Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

March 11, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–030. Applicant:

University of South Alabama,

Department of Pathology, 2451

Fillingim Street, Mobile, AL 36617.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

CM100. Manufacturer: N. V. Philips,

The Netherlands. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used for studies of

human and animal tissues that include

categorization of neoplasms, storage

disease and other disease processes, and

ultrastructure of normal tissues. In

addition, the instrument will be used for

educational purposes in the courses

PAT 211 - core pathology course and

PAT 416 - diagnostic electron

microscopy. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 12,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–032. Applicant:

University of California, Santa Barbara,

Department of Chemistry, Santa

Barbara, CA 93106–9510. Instrument:

Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometer,

Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer:

Applied Photophysics, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to carry out stopped-flow

kinetics experiments at multiple

wavelengths in order to characterize the

rates of rapid thermal reactions in

solution as well as the spectra of

reactive intermediates. The

instrumentation will complement

research into various problems of

solution phase kinetics under

investigation. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 12,

1996.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 96–13968 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

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,

DC 20230. Applications may be

examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue NW., Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 96–033. Applicant:

University of Southern California,

Department of Neurobiology, 3614 Watt

Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089–2520.

Instrument: Xenon Flashlamp System,

Model XF–10. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech

Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used to

rapidly photolyze CA2∂ cage

compounds in a biophysical study of

the action of intracellular CA2∂ on

voltage-activated CA2∂ channels. The

CA2∂ currents activated by

depolarization will be monitored during

and after the flashes to determine the

kinetics of the blocking mechanism.

Photolysis of diazo-4 will produce rapid

(<1 ms) reductions in the concentrations

of CA2∂, so that the kinetics of recovery

of channel function can be determined.

Application Accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: March 13, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–034. Applicant:

National Institutes of Health, 6120

Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD

20892–7260. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Model JEM–1010.

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd, Japan.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used for investigations of autoimmune

diseases and ocular complications of

diabetes from control, experimental

animal tissues and diseased human

tissues (mainly ocular) with the

objectives of development of improved

diagnosis and treatment of human

ocular diseases. Application Accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: March 13,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–035. Applicant:

State University of New York,

Department of Physics, 1400

Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

JEM–2010F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd.,

Japan. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used to study the microstructure

of semiconductors, metals, ceramics,

polymers and superconductors.

Experiments will be conducted on the

following: (1) Long-range order and

defects in II–VI and III–V semiconductor

alloys, (2) process-induced defects in

metals, semiconductors and insulators,

(3) plasma etching induced surface

defects, (4) ion beam induced surface

defects, (5) chemical vapor deposited

metal, semiconductor, and insulator

thin films, and (6) structure of polymer

thin films. In general, the objective of

these microscopic investigations is to

understand the structure-properties

correlation and the effects of materials

processing. In addition, the instrument

will be used for educational purposes in

the course Electron Microscopy, PHY

784. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 14,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–036. Applicant:

Lehigh University, Chemistry

Department, 7 Asa Drive, Bethlehem,

PA 18015. Instrument: Automatic

Sample Manipulator. Manufacturer:

Scienta Instruments, AB, Sweden.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used to study a wide category of single

crystal and thin film materials which

include metal single crystals such as Pd
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and crystals of ZnO-type materials and

transition metal chalcogenides such as

MoS2, NbS, TaS, WS or ReS. There will

also be studies of thin film materials

that are laterally homogeneous, but

which have compositional variation

with depth. The instrument will also be

routinely incorporated into advanced

undergraduate and graduate courses,

such as CHEM 338—Advanced

Analytical Chemistry and CHEM 350—

Special Topics—Electron Microscopy

for Surface Analysis. Application

Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

March 14, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–037. Applicant:

Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge,

MA 02139. Instrument: Microprobe

Laser Ablation System. Manufacturer:

VG Fisons, United Kingdom. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used for the

trace element chemical analysis of

environmental materials such as marine

sediments, fossils and rocks. The

research will be focused on the

mechanisms responsible for

fractionation of minor elements between

mineral phases, but will also include

paleoclimatological studies based on the

trace element composition of fossil

shells. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 15,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–038. Applicant:

Purdue University, Department of

Biological Science, Lilly Hall, West

Lafayette, IN 49707. Instrument:

Stopped-Flow Fluorimeter, Model

SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied

Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used to measure the binding and

insertion of proteins into membranes

through changes in fluorescence

properties of the protein upon binding.

The ‘‘stopped-flow’’ aspect will allow

the protein to be mixed very rapidly (1/

1000 of a second, or ‘‘millisecond’’), so

that the time course of the binding

insertion of the protein into the

membrane can be followed through the

variation with time. In addition, the

instrument will be used to train

graduate and postdoctoral students in

use of fast fluorescence methods for

studies on protein structure and

conformation. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 15,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–039. Applicant:

Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty

Observatory, Route 9W, Palisades, NY

10964–8000. Instrument: Mass

Spectrometer, Model VG 5400.

Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used for argon

isotope measurements of rocks and

minerals in investigations of the ages of

rocks for earth science questions. In

addition, the instrument will be used for

training of graduate students in methods

of noble gas analysis. Application

Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

March 20, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–040. Applicant:

Washington University, Department of

Earth and Planetary Science, One

Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130–

4899. Instrument: ICP Mass

Spectrometer, Model Element.

Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used to provide accurate elemental and

isotopic information about the trace and

minor element compositions of

geological and environmental samples

such as rocks, meteorites, sediments,

oils, and natural waters. In addition, the

analytical capabilities of the instrument

will be used in laboratory experiments

of mineral solubility, trace element

partitioning, oxidation-reduction

reactions involving transition metals

and organic compounds and the

consequences of water/rock reactions.

The instrument will also be used for

educational purposes in undergraduate

biogeochemistry and environmental

geochemistry courses. Application

Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

March 21, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–041. Applicant:

Medical College of Georgia, 1120 15th

Street, Augusta, GA 30912. Instrument:

Electron Microscope, Model JEM–1010.

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used for traditional TEM studies of cell

morphology in transgenic animals,

immunoelectron microscopy of tissue

samples and subcellular fractions to

identify the localization of important

new antigens and in vitro examination

of isolated cytoskeletal structures. In

addition, the instrument will be used for

teaching graduate students and postdoctoral fellows techniques of

ultrastructural analysis. Application

Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

March 22, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–042. Applicant:

University of Kansas, Department of

Geology, 120 Lindley Hall, Lawrence,

KS 66045. Instrument: Mass

Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad XS.

Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, Inc,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used to measure the

chemical composition of natural

igneous rocks, minerals, ground water,

brines and carbonates to determine the

concentration of a wide range of

elements. The resulting geochemical

data will be used to further many areas

of basic research in the Geology

Department. The instrument will also be

used in the training of graduate students

in the techniques of geochemical

analysis. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 27,

1996.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 96–13969 Filed 6–3–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

[Docket No. 950616159–6146–03; I.D.

052496C]

RIN 0648–ZA16

Fishing Capacity Reduction Program

(FCRP)

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of proposed program and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notice to

describe the proposed FCRP

requirements and to solicit comments

on the proposal. The proposed FCRP is

a $25 million program designed to

provide grants to the owners of fishing

vessels participating in the Northeast

multispecies limited access groundfish

fishery who are willing to scrap or make

their vessels permanently ineligible to

participate in any of the fisheries of the

United States and to surrender all

associated Federal fish harvesting

permits.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

the Financial Services Division,

National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315

East West Hwy., Silver Spring, MD

20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Grable, (301) 713–2390, fax

(301) 589–2686.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Under the provisions of Public Law

103–211, the Emergency Supplemental

Appropriations Act of 1994, $2 million

was made available as part of the

Northeast Fisheries Assistance Program

for a pilot FCRP, which was called the

Fishing Capacity Reduction

Demonstration Program (pilot program).

The purpose of this program was to test

an approach for permanently reducing

the fishing capacity in the Northeast

multispecies groundfish fishery. On

October 11, 1995, NOAA announced