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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Texas A&M University, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on 
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision consolidated 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 301). Related records can be 
viewed between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, 
for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured 
in the United States.
    Docket Number: 93-132. Applicant: Texas A&M University, Corpus 
Christi, TX 78412. Instrument: Rapid Kinetics Spectrometer Accessory, 
Model RX.1000. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 58 FR 63924, December 3, 1993. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides anaerobic operation and accurate 
temperature control to  0.2 deg.C. Advice Received From: 
National Institutes of Health, April 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 93-134. Applicant: State University of New York at 
Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14214. Instrument: Topographic Measuring System, 
Model TS 100. Manufacturer: Oxford Metrics Limited, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 58 FR 63924, December 3, 1993. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides non-invasive assessment without use of x-
ray imaging methods. Advice Received From: National Institutes of 
Health, April 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 93-143. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: Electron Spin Resonance 
Spectrometer System, Model ESP300E-10/2.7. Manufacturer: Bruker 
Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 58 FR 65158, December 
13, 1993. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) a 10-inch 
magnet with a 2.7 kW power supply, (2) an electron paramagnetic 
resonance (EPR) data system, and (3) capability for stopped flow EPR. 
Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, April 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 93-145. Applicant: Brigham Young University, Provo, 
UT 84602. Instrument: Microvolume Stopped Flow Spectrofluorimeter, 
Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 58 FR 68875, December 29, 1993. Reasons: 
The foreign instrument provides: (1) time resolved spectra, (2) 12.5 
s interval between spectra and (3) sample volume to 25 
l. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, April 
21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 93-149. Applicant: The George Washington University 
Medical Center, NW., Washington, DC 20037. Instrument: Mass 
Spectrometer, Model Delta S. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. 
Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 2825, January 19, 1994. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides an internal precision of 0.006 per mil for 
100 bar l samples of CO2. Advice Received From: National 
Institutes of Health, April 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 93-150. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341-3724. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, 
Model VG AutoSpec. Manufacturer: VG Analytical, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 2825, January 19, 1994. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides: (1) double focusing trisector (EBE) 
geometry, (2) mass range to 2000 amu at 8kV and (3) scan rate to 5 per 
second. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, April 21, 
1994.
    Docket Number: 93-151. Applicant: Smithsonian Environmental 
Research Center, Edgewater, MD 21037. Instrument: Chlorophyll 
Fluorometer, Model PAM-101. Manufacturer: Heinz Walz, GmbH, Germany. 
Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 2825, January 19, 1994. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides time-resolved fluorescence measurements in 
ambient light with a resolution of 10 s using a pulse 
modulated light source. Advice Received From: National Institutes of 
Health, April 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 93-152. Applicant: Texas A&M University, College 
Station, TX 77843. Instrument: Muscle Research System, Model OPT1S. 
Manufacturer: Scientific Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: See notice 
at 59 FR 2825, January 19, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides fixtures for mounting and exposing muscle fibers and force 
measurement on a single muscle cell in the 0 to 30 mg range. Advice 
Received From: National Institutes of Health, April 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 93-154. Applicant: University of Wisconsin - 
Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG AutoSpec-
3000 with Accessories. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 5178, February 3, 1994. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) mass range to 5000, (2) a 
scan rate of 5 scans per second and (3) trisector (EBE) geometry. 
Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, May 6, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-018. Applicant: Penn State University, Hershey, 
PA 17033. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrofluorimeter, Model SX.17MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See 
notice at 59 FR 12893, March 18, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) a dead time of 850 ms, (2) a 10 mm observation pathway 
and (3) time resolved emission capability. Advice Received From: 
National Institutes of Health, May 6, 1994.
    The National Institutes of Health advises in its memoranda that (1) 
the capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above are 
pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and (2) they know of no 
domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value for the 
intended use of each instrument.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in 
the United States which is of equivalent scientific value to any of the 
foreign instruments.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
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