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, 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: 96-078. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory-West,

I.N.E.L., EBR-II Site, Scoville, ID 83415. Instrument: Electron

Microscope, Model JEM-2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended

Use: The instrument will be used for examining materials primarily

associated with decommissioning of a nuclear reactor and its associated

waste streams; as well as characterization of high level waste forms.

The primary items of interest are defect and phase identification,

chemical segregation and boundary chemical and crystallographic

characterization. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July

23, 1996.

Docket Number: 96-079. Applicant: University of Arizona, Department

of Geosciences, Gould-Simpson Building, Room 208, Tucson, AZ 85721.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Sector 54. Manufacturer:

Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used

for the study of U-Th-Pb, Lu-Hf, Sm-Nd and Rb-Sr isotopic systems.

Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 22, 1996.

Docket Number: 96-080. Applicant: Berkeley Geochronology Center,

2455 Ridge Road, Berkeley, CA 94709. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer,

Model Sector 54. Manufacturer: Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use:

The instrument will be used in age determinations (geochronology) of

geologic and archaeologic materials, such as rocks, minerals, artifacts

and fossils. These ages will be determined by analysis of the isotopic

ratios of various elements, typically but not exclusively uranium,

thorium, lead, strontium and neodymium. In addition, the instrument

will be used for training of graduate students and post-doctoral

fellows from a variety of universities as part of collaborative

research. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 23,

1996.

Docket Number: 96-081. Applicant: Department of Veterans Affairs

Medical Center, 423 East 23rd Street, New York, NY 10010. Instrument:

Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010.

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

used for ultrastructural diagnosis of patient material, and for

ultrastructural research using both human and animal tissues necessary

in the treatment of veterans. In addition, the instrument will be used

for the training on a one-to-one basis of medical and graduate

students. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 23,

1996.

Docket Number: 96-082. Applicant: Florida State University, MBB

151, Tallahassee, FL 32306-3015. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model

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

instrument will be used in research studies to examine the

ultrastructure of cells and how it relates to biological function and

disease processes. Experiments will involve isolation of protein and

assemblies, growth of 2-D crystalline arrays of protein followed by

examination in the microscope. The instruments will also be used for

trial studies in structure-based drug design to demonstrate the

feasibility of using electron crystallography in this area. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 24, 1996.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 96-20935 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]

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