Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

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 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 Subsections 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 Numbers: 93-157 and 94-003. Applicant: The Ohio State

University, 2041 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Models CM200 FEG and CM200 LaB6. Manufacturer: N.V.

Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instruments will be used

for general morphological and structural studies of ceramics and

metals, including high temperature superconductors, high temperature

metal alloys, evaporated metallic thin films, silicon bicrystals, soils

and geological minerals, polymers and possibly some biological samples.

In addition, the instruments will be used for microscopy classes and

individual training of faculty, staff and students. Applications

Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.

Docket Number: 94-001. Applicant: USDA-Agricultural Research

Service, IAREC, Rt. 2, Box 2953-A, Prosser, WA 99350. Instrument:

Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.

Intended Use: The instrument will be used for research studies of

viruses that infect plants, primarily agricultural crops. Daily uses

include examination of virus particles during and after purification of

the virus, and examination for the presence of virus particles in sap

from plants exhibiting disease symptoms. In addition, the instrument

will be used to train students to use appropriate methods in virus

disease diagnosis and to demonstrate techniques in virus

characterization in a course in applied plant virology. Application

Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 7, 1994.

Docket Number: 94-002. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-

Champaign, Purchasing Division, 506 South Wright Street, 207 Henry

Administration Building, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: ELISA Juice

Extraction Presses w/Electronic Buffer Units. Manufacturer: Erich

Pollahne, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for

studies of extracted plant sap to identify virus. Application Received

by Commissioner of Customs: January 7, 1994.

Docket Number: 94-004. Applicant: Regents of the University of

California, Berkeley, 239 Hildebrand Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720.

Instrument: X-Y Scanning Unit; Upgrade to Brewster Angle Microscope.

Manufacturer: Nanofilm Technologie, Inc., Germany. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used to upgrade a BAM instrument currently being

used to study the structure of mono-molecular films at the air/water

interface. Application Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 14,

1994.

Docket Number: 94-005. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State

University, Materials Research Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2000EXII/SEG/DP/DP.

Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be

used to perform in-situ gas solid studies to examine the properties of

a number of carbonaceous materials, both fibres and thin films. In

addition, very fundamental studies will be performed on the behavior of

specimens as they undergo reaction. Application Received by

Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.

Docket Number: 94-006. Applicant: California Institute of

Technology, 1201 E. California Boulevard, (Mail Code 170-25), Pasadena,

CA 91125. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 215-50. Manufacturer:

Mass Analyser Products, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used for high precision analysis of isotopic and

elemental abundances of He, Ne, Kr, Ar, and Xe in geological materials

(rocks and minerals from various localities). Application Received by

Commissioner of Customs: January 14, 1994.

Docket Number: 94-007. Applicant: Occidental College, Department of

Chemistry, 1600 Campus Road, Los Angeles, CA 90041. Instrument: Multi-

Mixing Rapid Kinetics Accessory with Pneumatic Attachment, Model SFA-

12MX. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used to measure the reaction between NADPH and 6-

phosphogluconate lactone catalyzed by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase

isolated from human erythrocytes. Application Received by Commissioner

of Customs: January 21, 1994.

Docket Number: 94-008. Applicant: University of Florida, Department

of Chemistry, P.O. Box 117200, Gainesville, FL 32611-7200. Instrument:

Electrothermal Vaporization Source. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to vaporize small

volume samples (composed of various elements) for subsequent transport

and detection by two-step laser enhanced ionization spectrometry in a

unique mini-flame laser enhanced ionization detector. Application

Received by Commissioner of Customs: January 26, 1994.

Pamela Woods

Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 94-3276 Filed 2-10-94; 8:45 am]

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