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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

University of Utah, 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: 94-010. Applicant: University of Utah, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84112. Instrument: Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT 
252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 
59 FR 9964, March 2, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) unattended analysis of 50 samples, (2) precision of 0.1% and (3) 
sensitivity of 1000 molecules of CO2 per mass 44 ion. Advice 
Received From: National Institutes of Health, May 31, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-013. Applicant: South Dakota State University, 
Brookings, SD 57007. Instrument: GC - Dumas Ratio Mass Spectrometer, 
Model Europa 20-20. Manufacturer: Europa, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 59 FR 9964, March 2, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides continuous flow GC/MS with: (1) analysis error of 
less than 0.1% for nitrogen and carbon and (2) an automatic combustion 
sample preparation system with 130 positions. Advice Received From: 
National Institutes of Health, May 31, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-057. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Alamos, NM 87545. Instrument: Optical Floating Zone System. 
Manufacturer: Vacuum Metallurgical Co., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See 
notice at 59 FR 24691, May 12, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides growth of single crystals using high intensity lamps in a 
parabolic reflector to translate a molten zone along a rod of test 
material. Advice Received From: The National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, June 8, 1994.
    Docket Number: 93-146. Applicant: Hunter College, New York, NY 
10021. Instrument: Northern Light Illuminator. Manufacturer: Imaging 
Research, Inc., Canada. Intended Use: See notice at 58 FR 68875, 
December 29, 1993. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides flicker 
free illumination with  0.5% stability over a 12 hour 
period. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, April 21, 
1994.
    The National Institutes of Health and The National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration advise 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.
[FR Doc. 94-16611 Filed 7-7-94; 8:45 am]
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