[Federal Register: June 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 112)]
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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: 99-009. Applicant: University of Illinois at U/C, 
Purchasing Division, 207 Henry Administration Building, 506 S. Wright 
Street, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Confocal Microscope Attachment. 
Manufacturer: Witec GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used in conducting the experiments on the following materials: (1) 
Polymers--measurement of the light transmission at a wavelength of 5 
microns as a function of position, (2) biomaterials--taking vibrational 
spectra in a liquid environment via reflection, (3) membranes--
observation of molecules passing through the membrane in a liquid 
environment, (4) aluminum--using reflection spectroscopy to study the 
chemistry of corrosion in salt water and (5) superconductors--making 
microscopic circuits in high-Tc superconductors by selectively doping 
using UV light. In addition, the instrument will be used by students as 
a research tool in the course Physics 499 Thesis Research. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 7, 1999.

    Docket Number: 99-010. Applicant: University of Wisconsin--Madison,

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Department of Physics, 1150 University Avenue, Madison, WI 53706. 
Instrument: Diagnostic Neutral Beam System. Manufacturer: Budker 
Institute of Nuclear Physics, Russia, CIS. Intended Use: The instrument 
is intended to be used for studies of plasma with emphasis on 
fluctuation and confinement studies. The instrument will also be used 
by graduate students to learn plasma diagnostic techniques, and collect 
and analyze scientific data which will be used in the course of their 
doctoral studies. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 
13, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-14899 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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