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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

Oregon State 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 part 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: 94-022. Applicant: Oregon State University, 
Corvallis, OR 97331-7302. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model API III 
Plus. Manufacturer: Perkin-Elmer Sciex Instruments, Canada. Intended 
Use: See notice at 59 FR 16187, April 6, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) an atmospheric pressure ion source, (2) a mass 
range to 2400 amu and (3) an HPLC flow rate to 200 l per 
minute. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, May 31, 
1994.
    Docket Number: 94-029. Applicant: University of Florida, 
Gainesville, FL 32611-7200. Instrument: Excimer Laser Pumped Dye Laser 
System, Model LPX 240i. Manufacturer: Lambda Physik, Germany. Intended 
Use: See notice at 59 FR 13706, March 23, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) a minimum pluse energy of 200 mJ at 308 nm and 
(2) two tunable UV dye lasers with frequency doubling and beam 
compensation. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, June 
23, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-038. Applicant: University of South Dakota, 
Vermillion, SD 57069. Instrument: Light Scattering Correlator and 
Goniometer System, Model ALV/DLS/SLS-5000. Manufacturer: ALV-Laser 
Vertriebsgesellschaft m.b.H., Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 59 
FR 16188, April 6, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
capability to simultaneously measure static and dynamic light 
scattering by the sample. Advice Received From: National Institutes of 
Health, June 23, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-049. Applicant: Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN 
55905. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer with Combined Gas Chromatograph/
Combustion Interface, Model Delta S. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 23696, May 6, 1994. Reasons: 
The foreign instrument provides: (1) an inlet with combined gas 
chromatograph and radiation-reduction furnaces and (2) internal 
precisions of 0.01 percent and 0.006 per mil for 100 bar l 
samples. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, June 23, 
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. 94-18786 Filed 8-1-94; 8:45 am]
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