Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

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, 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: 99-030. Applicant: University of Massachusetts,

Biology Department, Morrill Science Center, Amherst, MA 01003-5810.

Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 12. Manufacturer: FEU

Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to

be used to view the end products of experiments, including

immunolabeling of specific proteins, properties of genetically altered

organisms and protein complexes under different ionic conditions. The

specific research objectives vary widely but all aim to generate basic

information about organisms, cells or subcellular components. In

addition, the instrument will be used to demonstrate transmission

electron microscopy for several courses, including Biology 523

(Histology) and Biotechnology. Application accepted by Commissioner of

Customs: December 6, 1999.

Docket Number: 99-031. Applicant: University of Vermont, Department

of Surgery, Given E-305, Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: HVS Video

Tracking System, Pool and Platform, Model 2020. Manufacturer: HVS Image

Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be

used for the study of multiple minor head injuries using a rat model in

order to provide information that may be helpful in understanding why

there are anecdotes in the human population of poor outcomes after

seemingly minor recurrent head injuries. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: December 6, 1999.

Docket Number: 99-032. Applicant: University of California, Los

Alamos National Laboratory, BUS-6, P.O. Box 1663, MS C308, Los Alamos,

NM 87545. Instrument: Solid State Quantum Computer, Model Multiprobe S.

Manufacturer: Omicron Vakuum Physik GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The

first scaleable solid state quantum computer will be used to produce an

array of atoms on a Si (001) surface. The work requires using a

scanning tunneling microscope for the precise placement in individual

atoms of phosphorus in an array with 20 nanometer spacing on an

atomically cleaned silicon substrate surface. The work also includes

studying the stability and properties of such a structure at different

temperatures. This investigation will also include work that will

determine the best phosphorus bearing chemical species to use in this

application. A silicon overlayer will bury this array. Electric contact

gates will be positioned on top of the overlayer over the phosphorus

sites.

Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 8, 1999.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 99-33656 Filed 12-27-99; 8:45 am]

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