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 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: 95-030. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, Smell

and Taste Center, 3400 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104.

Instrument: Olfactometer, Transformation Unit and Compressor-Vacuum-

Unit, Model OM/4. Manufacturer: Heinrich Burghart, Germany. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used to provide accurate and pulsed

computer-controlled presentations of an odorant stimulus to the nares

of a human being to allow for the recording of electrical brain waves

in response to these presentations. The objectives will be achieved

through psychophysical measurement, electrophysiological measurement,

and computer-controlled generation of very accurate and timed pulses of

odorants for evoked potential. The instrument will also be used for

educational purposes in the course Interdisciplinary 200 (ID 200).

Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 10, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-032. Applicant: University of Wisconsin, 1300

University Ave., Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Electron Microscope,

Model CM120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used for experiments related to studying biological

phenomena at the ultrastructural level at common electron microscope

magnifications. In addition, the instrument will be used in the course

Anatomy 660: Introduction to Electron Microscopy to teach faculty,

staff and students to operate the microscope to image the specimens

prepared to achieve the research goals. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: April 10, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-033. Applicant: University of South Carolina,

Department of Geological Sciences, Columbia, SC 29208. Instrument: Mass

Spectrometer, Model Optima. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study the carbon

and oxygen isotopic composition of samples of calcite and aragonite,

the carbon and nitrogen isotopic composition of marine organic matter,

and the carbon isotopic composition of carbon dioxide dissolved in

water. The particular focus of the analysis will be on the carbonate

shells of forminifera from small samples of marine and lacustrine

sediments and on carbon isotopes from both seawater and freshwater

samples. In addition, the instrument will be used for educational

purposes in the course Geology 715, Stable Isotope Geochemistry to

introduce graduate students to different applications of stable

geochemistry in the research environment. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: April 13, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-034. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory, 9700

S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439. Instrument: Electron Microscope,

Model H-9000NAR. Manufacturer: Hitachi, Japan. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used for studies of pure metals, metallic alloys,

semiconductors, and minerals and other ceramics in order to understand

the physical origin and rules for occurrence of the phenomena under

study. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 13, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-035. Applicant: University of Texas Medical

Branch, 301 University Blvd., Galveston, TX 77555. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Model CM100. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands.

Intended Use: The instrument will be used by the faculty and staff for

a variety of ongoing scientific research activities as listed below:

(a) Analysis of Spotted Fever Rickettsial Antigens,

(b) Mechanisms of Toxic Injury in Vascular Tissue,

(c) Transplacental Transfer of Asbestos in Humans, [[Page 29827]]

(d) Hyperthyroidism Potentiates Aging Effects in Heart,

(e) Bile Canaliculi Injury; Comparing Function to Structure,

(f) Dolphin Mortality an Indicator of Environmental Degradation and

(g) Splenic Toxicity of Aniline.

Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 19, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-036. Applicant: University of South Carolina,

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 730 S. Main Street, Columbia,

SC 29208. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model ELEMENT.

Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used for studies of trace elements and their isotopes in

environmental, geological and marine samples with complex background

matrices. In addition, the instrument will be used as a supplement to

several courses such as ``Environmental and Analytical Chemistry'' and

seminars on instrument operation to prepare students to analyze their

own samples and acquire accurate and precise data. Application Accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: April 24, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-037. Applicant: University of Miami, Chemistry,

1301 Memorial Dr., Room 315, Coral Gables, FL 33145. Instrument: L-B

Film Deposition Apparatus with Ellipsometric Microscope. Manufacturer:

Nippon Laser & Electronics Lab., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used for studies of lipids, phospholipids, fatty acids,

proteins, pigments and other molecules that are surfactant and may be

spread at the air/water interface. The objective of these studies is to

obtain better knowledge of the aggregation form of these molecules in a

molecular model (monolayer) to understand phenomena like membrane

rigidity, charge transport, reaction rate, etc. as they take place in

living organisms. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

April 25, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-039. Applicant: Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical

Center, 1481 West Tenth Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Instrument:

Electron Microscope, Model CM120. Manufacturer: Philips, The

Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument will be used in experiments

involving collection of surgical, autopsy, and cytologic specimens for

evaluation at the ultrastructural level and correlation of these

findings with light microscopy and clinical findings to eventually

render a pathologic description and diagnosis. In addition, the

instrument will be used to provide hands-on experience for pathology

residents, fellows, and medical students in visualizing ultrastructural

criteria necessary for making a variety of known pathologic diagnoses.

Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 28, 1995.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 95-13819 Filed 6-5-95; 8:45 am]

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