[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-20200]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Notice of Decision on 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made 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 instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States.
    Docket Number: 94-042. Applicant: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Las Vegas, NV 89193-3478. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, 
Model VG PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 57 FR 18371, April 18, 1994. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides rapid multielemental analysis in both 
continuous-scan and peak-hopping modes with a sensitivity to 20 MHz/ppm 
for Co, In, Pb, Bi, and U and an average background of < 10 cps.
    This capability is pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose 
and we know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.
Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 94-20200 Filed 8-16-94; 8:45 am]
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