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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: 94-012. Applicant: Texas A&M University, College 
Station, TX 77843-2126. Instrument: Gas Isotope Ratio Mass 
Spectrometer, Model Delta S. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. 
Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 9964, March 2, 1994. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides an absolute sensitivity of 1500 molecules 
of CO2 per mass 44 ion and a multi-element collector with 6 
Faraday cups. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, May 
31, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-021. Applicant: University of Colorado at 
Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309-0215. Instrument: Cryostream Nitrogen Gas 
Cooler. Manufacturer: Oxford Cryosystems, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 59 FR 13706, March 23, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) a constant cold N2 flow rate which is 
matched to the velocity of an annulus of dry air and (2) temperature 
control to  0.1 deg.C. Advice Received From: National 
Institutes of Health, May 31, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-026. Applicant: University of North Carolina at 
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290. Instrument: High Resolution 
Sector Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT 900. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 13706, March 23, 1994. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) mass range to 10 000 at 
full acceleration in voltage (2) resolution to 60 000 and (3) scan rate 
to 0.3 seconds per decade. Advice Received From: National Institutes of 
Health, May 31, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-034. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
CA 95616. Instrument: SIR Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. 
Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See 
notice at 59 FR 16188, April 6, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) an internal precision of 0.01 per mil for 100 bar 
l samples of CO2 and N2 and (2) sensitivity to 1100 
molecules of CO2 per mass 44 ion. Advice Received From: National 
Institutes of Health, May 31, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-036. Applicant: University of California of Santa 
Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95064. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 
OPTIMA. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 59 FR 16188, April 6, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) an internal precision of 0.01 per mil for 100 
bar l samples of CO2 and (2) three Faraday collectors. 
Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, May 31, 1994.
    The National Institutes of Health advises 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. 94-17015 Filed 7-13-94; 8:45 am]
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