[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 82 (Friday, April 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20966-20967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-10528]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, 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.
    Docket Number: 95-005. Applicant: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory 
of Columbia University, Palisades, NY [[Page 20967]] 10964-8000. 
Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG 5400. Manufacturer: Fisons 
Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 9662, 
February 21, 1995.
    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) 
sensitivity equal to or greater than 2.0  x  10-4 A/torr at 800 
A trap current and an air sample of 0.4 cc will produce a 
3He count rate of at least 1700 cps and (2) the precision of 
measurement of the 3He/4He ratio will be 2.0% 
(1) on ten measurements of the 0.4 cc STP air sample as 
defined above.
    These capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended 
purposes 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.


Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-10528 Filed 4-27-95; 8:45 am]
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