[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 248 (Wednesday, December 28, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-31967]


[Federal Register: December 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of Colorado, 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 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.
    Docket Number: 94-113. Applicant: University of Colorado, Boulder, 
CO 80309. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model API III. Manufacturer: 
Perkin-Elmer Sciex Instruments, Canada. Intended Use: See notice at 59 
FR 52957, October 20, 1994.
    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. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) triple 
quadrupole MS, (2) atmospheric pressure articulated ionspray, (3) 
multiple-charge ionization and (4) a software database for protein 
structure. The National Institutes of Health advised in its memorandum 
dated September 9, 1994 on comparable case (94-082) that (1) these 
capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose and (2) 
it knows of no domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument for the applicant's intended 
use.
    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. 94-31967 Filed 12-27-94; 8:45 am]
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