Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 19715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10413]


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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: 98-019. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 
Department of Neurosurgery, Lions Research Building, 2001 Sixth Street, 
S.E., #421, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Eye Tracking System. 
Manufacturer: Thomas Recording, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument 
is intended to be used to record eye movements in studies of how the 
brain processes visual information to move our limbs. The experiments 
require recording eye movements and arm movements and at the same time 
recording from brain cells in a monkey during visually guided 
movements. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 31, 
1998.
    Docket Number: 98-020. Applicant: North Carolina State University, 
Campus Box 7212, Raleigh, NC 27695-7212. Instrument: Mini 4-Pocket E-
Beam Evaporator, Model EGC04. Manufacturer: Oxford Applied Research, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be 
incorporated into a new type of electron microscope system which will 
be used for studies of the phenomena of epitaxial layer growth of 
electronic materials. The research will explore how films nucleate on 
different surfaces, and how strain is relaxed between films of 
different lattice constant. In addition, the instrument will be used in 
the course PY 699, Independent Research Studies to introduce graduate 
students into the techniques of research. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 1, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-10413 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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