[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37117-37118]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14894]


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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 5:00 p.m. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 00-012. Applicant: Washington University, Department 
of Anesthesiology Research Unit, 660 S. Euclid, Campus Box 8054, St. 
Louis, MO 63110. Instrument: XY Shifting Table, Model 240 with 
Accessories. Manufacturer: Luigs and Neuman, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to search neurons and synapses to 
determine the electrical properties of a synapse in the auditory system 
in the rat. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 21, 
2000.

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    Docket Number: 00-014. Applicant: Washington University, Department 
of Anesthesiology Research Unit, 660 S. Euclid, Campus Box 8054, St. 
Louis, MO 63110. Instrument: XY Shifting Table, Model 240 with 
Accessories. Manufacturer: Luigs and Neuman, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to search neurons and synapses to 
determine the electrical properties of a synapse in the auditory system 
in the rat. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 15, 
2000.
    Docket Number: 00-015. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, Department of Neurosciences, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 
92093-0608. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-3100. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used for electron microscopic studies of cells and 
tissues from a variety of biological specimens used in biomedical and 
basic biology experiments. Specifically, the instrument will be used to 
determine 3D structure of cells and tissues in relatively thick 
sections using the technique of energy filtering microscopy and 
electron tomography. In addition, the instrument will be used for 
educational purposes in the course ``Introduction to Light and Electron 
Microscopy.'' Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 
19, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-14894 Filed 6-12-00; 8:45 am]
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