[Federal Register: September 11, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 176)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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, DC 20230.
Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Suite
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 03-041. Applicant: University of Michigan, NERS,
2355 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. Instrument: (2) each
CdZnTe Conplanar Grad Radiation Detectors. Manufacturer: Baltic
Scientific Instruments, Latvia. Intended Use: The instruments are
intended to be used to study gamma rays and to investigate high energy
photons ranging from 10 keV to 100 MeV in energy to achieve the best
possible energy resolution. Technology development will eventually be
applied by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration for space
exploration purposes such as soil analysis of the surface of Mars.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 5, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-042. Applicant: University of California,
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA
94720. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai G2 20
S-TWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The
instrument is intended to be used to study and characterize inorganic
nanocrystals with the research objective to identify new forms of
nanocrystals and their synthetic routes for the advancement of various
scientific applications such as use in solar cells. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 5, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-043. Applicant: University of Chicago, Department
of Pediatrics, 5839 South Maryland Avenue, MC 5053, Chicago, IL 60637-
1470. Instrument: Microscope

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Accessories. Manufacturer: Luigs & Neumann GmbH, Germany. Intended Use:
The accessories are intended to be used to study gonadotropin-releasing
hormone (GnRH) neurons in brain slices of transgenic mice to determine
the electrical activity required for GnRH secretory pulses, which are
essential for pubertal development and reproduction. Application
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 20, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-044. Applicant: University of California, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, PO Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545.
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010 and Accessories.
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is
intended to be used to study monodisperse semiconductor nanocrystals
such as CdSe, PbSe and ZnSe, as well as metal nanocrystals such as Co
and AuCo. Thin films of nitrides and oxides of Gallium and Aluminum
grown by epitaxial techniques will also be investigated. Experiments
will be conducted to determine the size, morphology and structure to
provide feedback to the crystal growers so that the correct chemistry
is achieved in producing the desired nanocrystals and to provide data
to the spectroscopists to model the light emission of the nanocrystals.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 20, 2003.
    Docket Number: 03-045. Applicant: Indiana University School of
Medicine, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, 635 Barnhill Drive,
Room 5065, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Instrument: Electron Microscope,
Model Tecnai G 2 12 BioTWIN. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for
research in the evaluation of the cellular and subcellular alteration
associated with the development of kidney stones, ischemic changes in
the development of acute renal failure, ischemic changes in the brain,
the mechanics associated with the infection of the cells by the HIV
virus, the dynamic cellular and subcellular changes associated with the
contraction of smooth muscle cells and the mechanism associated with
the incorporation of cardiogenic stem cells into the damaged heart.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 20, 2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-23192 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]