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: 95-067. Applicant: The Salk Institute for Biological

Studies, 10010 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument:

DIP-2000 Imaging Plate X-ray Diffraction Image Processor with Kappa-

goniometer and SRA M18XHF Rotating Anode X-ray Generator. Manufacturer:

MAC Science Co., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument will be used

to collect X-ray diffraction data from crystals made with biological

macromolecules such as signal transduction, ion conductance, and

protein-DNA recognition during the study of proteins such as transducin

from bovine eye and potassium channels from rat kidney. Application

Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 1, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-068. Applicant: University of California,

Department of Nutritional Sciences, 119 Morgan Hall, Berkeley, CA

94720-3104. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model JMS-AX505WA.

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

measure isotope incorporation levels in different metabolites during

studies of glucose, fat and protein metabolism in animals and humans.

Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 1, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-069. Applicant: Saint Barnabas Medical Center, 94

Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Model JEM-1210. Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used in several research projects to study

ultrastructural features of biomedical research specimens from

experimental animals, cultured cells and various tissues from patients

with pathological disorders. In addition, the instrument will be used

to train pathology residents in the application of the electron

microscope. Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 1,

1995.

Docket Number: 95-070. Applicant: Rutgers, The State University,

Waksman Institute, P.O. Box 6999, Piscataway, NJ 08855-6999.

Instrument: Cryogenic Cooling System. Manufacturer: Oxford Cryosystems,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for X-ray

crystallographic studies of proteins with the objective of solving the

atomic structure of a subject protein. The instrument will also be used

to teach undergraduate courses in crystallography in which students

will be trained in the skills necessary to the analysis of protein

crystal by means of X-ray Diffraction. Application Accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: August 4, 1995.

Docket Number: 95-071. Applicant: Colorado State University,

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Resource Ecology Lab, NESB Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. Manufacturer: VG - Fisons,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to measure

the isotopic abundance of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen in

plant, soil and air samples in experiments ranging from field studies

to laboratory analysis. In addition, the instrument will be used in the

course Physiological Plant Ecology and Isotope Biogeochemistry to

examine plant and soil processes that modify isotope fractionation.

Application Accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 4, 1995.

Frank W. Creel

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff

[FR Doc. 95-23223 Filed 9-18-95; 8:45 am]

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