[Federal Register: April 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 82)]
[Notices]               
[Page 23056-23057]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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 instrument 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. 
The application 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: 99-004. Applicant: U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Pacific Marine Center, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98115-
0700. Instrument: Multibeam Echosounder (Sonar). Manufacturer: ELAC 
NAUTIK, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for the 
survey and mapping of coastal ocean waters for the detection, location 
and identification of 2 wrecks and other obstructions on the sea floor. 
The objective in the surveys will be to determine depths of hazards to 
aid in the safety of navigation and general bathymetry. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 9, 1999.
    Docket Number: 99-005. Applicant: University of Connecticut, 
Department of Psychology, 406 Babbidge Road, Storrs, CT 06269-1020. 
Instrument: Fiber Electrode Manipulator System. Manufacturer: Thomas 
Recording, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
studies of the electrical activity of brain cells (neurons) of the 
cerebral cortex. Two sets of experiments will be conducted in fully 
awake rabbits. The first set is aimed at understanding the 
transformations performed upon inputs to the cortex by the 
intracortical circuitry and how these transformations lead to parallel 
and distinct efferent outflows. The second set of experiments examines 
the nature of a large population of neurons throughout sensory cortex 
that have no demonstrable (supra-threshold) receptive fields. 
Application accepted

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by Commissioner of Customs: April 13, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-10766 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]
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