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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

The University of Texas Health Science Center, 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: 94-052. Applicant: The University of Texas Health 
Science Center, Houston, TX 77030. Instrument: Manipulators, Ball 
Joints and Magnetic Stands. Manufacturer: Narishige, Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 59 FR 29417, June 7, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) right or left handed operation, (2) a meta 
barrier, (3) suction, (4) thermister and microscope in a crowded setup 
and (5) small size and light weight. Advice Received From: National 
Institutes of Health, July 18, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-053. Applicant: University of Alabama at 
Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35249. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 
Optima. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 59 FR 29417, June 7, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides a sensitivity of 1 mass 44 ion per 1100 molecules 
of C02 and cold finger internal precision of 0.02 per mil for 1 
bar l samples of C02. Advice Received From: National 
Institutes of Health, July 18, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-059. Applicant: Louisiana Tech University, 
Ruston, LA 71272. Instrument: Deep X-ray Lithography Scanner. 
Manufacturer: Jenotik, GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 
29417, June 7, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides an 
enclosed system that can be evacuated to 0.1 mbar and backfilled with 
helium to minimize exposure of polymer chains to oxygen. Advice 
Received From: A university research department, July 26, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-060. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Triaxial Deformation 
Apparatus for testing rocks at high temperature and pressure. 
Manufacturer: Paterson Instruments Pty, Ltd., Australia. Intended Use: 
See notice at 59 FR 29417, June 7, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) temperatures to 1400 deg.C, (2) confining 
pressures to 700 MPa, (3) maximum axial load to 100 kN and (4) 
measurement of permeability and fluid transport during triaxial 
testing. Advice Received From: Los Alamos National Laboratory, August 
3, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-062. Applicant: Rutgers University, New 
Brunswick, NJ 08903-0231. Instrument: Fluorometer, Model Aquatracka. 
Manufacturer: Chelsea Instruments, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 59 FR 29417, June 7, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) a single log scale covering four decades, (2) 
changeable filters and (3) interface with a CTD data logger. Advice 
Received From: National Institutes of Health, July 18, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-063. Applicant: Regents of the University of 
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: Segmented Thermal 
Manikin. Manufacturer: Thermal Insulation Laboratory, Denmark. Intended 
Use: See notice at 59 FR 29417, June 7, 1994. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) a manikin with 16 body segments, (2) outside 
computer controlled heating and skin temperature elements and (4) a 
breathing function simulator. Advice Received From: National Institutes 
of Health, July 18, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-077. Applicant: The Ohio State University, 
Columbus, OH 43235. Instrument: High Power, High Pressure Arc Discharge 
Plasma Source System. Manufacturer: Institute of Problems of 
Electrophysics, CIS. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 34412, July 5, 
1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides high pressure plasma 
flow with high power (to 100 GW) and impulse pressure (to 1000 MPa) for 
efficient acceleration of projectiles to high speeds (>4000 m/s). 
Advice Received From: The Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, August 4, 
1994.
    The National Institutes of Health, a university research 
department, Los Alamos National Laboratory and The Army Research 
Laboratory, 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. 94-23649 Filed 9-22-94; 8:45 am]
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