[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 9557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-3318]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


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 5:00 p.m. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 01-001. Applicant: St. Louis Science Center, 5050 
Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110. Instrument: Universal Planetarium, 
Universarium Model IX. Manufacturer: Carl Zeiss, Germany. Intended Use: 
The instrument is a planetarium which will be used as part of an 
interactive educational program to teach visitors to the center about 
human space habitation and space exploration. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 9, 2001.
    Docket Number: 01-002. Applicant: The University of Texas at 
Austin, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Welch Hall, Room 
3.202, Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-
2010F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used to study shape and morphology of small 
nanoparticles to determine crystal structure and defects of 
nanoparticles and the crystalline structure of polymers and its 
aggregates. In addition, the instrument will be used for studies of the 
following: (1) Binding of nanoparticles to specific sites on 
nanoparticles, (2) crystal structure and chemical composition of 
nanoparticles of oxides, (3) friction and defects on nanodevices 
including mechanical, electronic and photonic, (4) chemical composition 
and interbond distance on semiconductor and metallic quantum dots, and 
(5) chemical shifts and bonding in composite, polymer, metal and 
nanoparticle materials. The objectives of these investigations are the 
discovery and applications of new properties of nanoparticles, 
semiconductors, polymers and metals. The instrument will also be used 
to provide hands-on training and utilization for graduate students in 
chemistry, engineering and physics. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 9, 2001.
    Docket Number: 01-003. Applicant: Children's Medical Center of 
Dallas, 1935 Motor Street, Dallas, TX 75235. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model H-7500-1. Manufacturer: Hitachi, Japan. Intended Use: 
The instrument is intended to be used to examine predominantly human 
tissue biopsies as part of a diagnostic workup and study of human 
disease during the teaching of pathology residents. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 12, 2001.
    Docket Number: 01-004. Applicant: University of California, One 
Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8711 . Instrument: Multielectrode 
Neuronal Manipulator, Model Eckhorn-7. Manufacturer: UWE Thomas 
Recording, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used 
to deliver fine microelectrodes into the brains of monkeys to study the 
brain signals that are generated by social and emotional interactions 
among animals. These studies are aimed at understanding the brain 
mechanism that causes emotional disorders such as depression, anxiety, 
social phobia and panic attacks in people. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 19, 2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-3318 Filed 2-7-01; 8:45 am]
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