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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

University of Missouri-Kansas City, 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: 94-085. Applicant: University of Missouri-Kansas 
City, Kansas City, MO 64110. Instrument: X-Ray Photoelectron 
Spectrometer, Model M1201. Manufacturer: Kratos Analytical, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 38585, July 29, 1994. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) electron analyzer 
efficiency of 3,000 counts per second and (2) most effective and 
uniform charge neutralization. Advice Received From: National 
Institutes of Health, September 9, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-093. Applicant: The University of Georgia, 
Athens, GA 30602. Instrument: Muscle Response System, Model TELEMEG. 
Manufacturer: Bioengineering Technology and Systems, Italy. Intended 
Use: See notice at 59 FR 46963, September 13, 1994. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides: (1) compatibility with an ELITE motion 
analysis system and (2) a 100Hz data collection rate. Advice Received 
From: National Institutes of Health, September 29, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-094. Applicant: United States Department of 
Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Instrument: Fuel Cell. Manufacturer: Fuji 
Electric Company, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 46964, 
September 13, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a liquid-
cooled phosphoric acid fuel cell with a net power output of 47.5kW that 
is suitable for propulsion of a passenger bus prototype. Advice 
Received From: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, November 10, 1993.
    Docket Number: 94-096. Applicant: Southern Methodist University, 
Dallas, TX 75275-0395. Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer System, Model 
MAT 252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice 
at 59 FR 48420, September 21, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) sensitivity to 1,000 molecules of CO2 per mass 44 
ion and (2) an internal precision of 0.005 per mil for 3 bar l 
samples of CO2. Advice Received From: National Institutes of 
Health, September 29, 1994.
    The National Institutes of Health and The Jet Propulsion 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. 94-27548 Filed 11-4-94; 8:45 am]
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