[Federal Register: July 6, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 128)]
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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: 99-016. Applicant: Purdue University, BRWN/WTHR 
Chemistry Building, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1393. Instrument: ICP Mass 
Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad 3. Manufacturer: VG Elemental, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to 
chemically characterize samples of geologic materials--both terrestrial 
and extraterrestrial--and meteoric water samples. Geologic samples will 
be quantified as received (i.e. as solids, either powdered, as polished 
slabs or as thin sections) or as solutions, after their acid 
dissolution. Water samples will be analyzed without further processing. 
In addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in 
undergraduate research. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: June 16, 1999.
    Docket Number: 99-017. Applicant: The Burnham Institute, 10901 
North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Cryo Electron 
Microscope, Model Tecnai 12 Twin. Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for 
training postdoctoral scientists in the use of electron cryo-microscopy 
to examine tissue samples during research focusing on image 
reconstruction of actin filaments decorated with cytoskeletal proteins. 
All the projects will involve electron cryo-microscopy and image 
analysis, fitting of crystal structures to the em maps. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 18, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-17048 Filed 7-2-99; 8:45 am]
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