[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49584-49585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23886]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

USEPA, 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: 95-017. Applicant: USEPA, Central Regional 
Laboratory, Chicago, IL 60605. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model 
PlasmaQuad. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 60 FR 19571, April 19, 1995. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) a detection limit of no greater than 10 ng/L 
and (2) broad dynamic range up to 108 more concentrated than 
detection limits for Ag, Be, and Tl. Advice Received From: The National 
Institutes of Health, July 10, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-018. Applicant: Florida State University, 
Tallahassee, FL 32306. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 262. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 
19571, April 19, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
high intensity, high sensitivity thermal ionization source, (2) multi-
element Faraday cup ion detection system and (3) resolution >500 (10% 
valley definition) with abundance sensitivity of 2PPM at 237 
1u (U). Advice Received From: The National Institutes of Health, July 
10, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-019. Applicant: Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 
IMS 1270. Manufacturer: Cameca Geologie, France. Intended Use: See 
notice at 60 FR 19571, April 19, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) high mass resolution up to 50 000 (2) direct ion imaging 
and (3) ion microprobe capabilities. Advice Received From: The National 
Institutes of Health, July 10, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-033. Applicant: University of South Carolina, 
Columbia, SC 29208. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. 
Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See 
notice at 60 FR 29826, June 6, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) an element analyzer with sample size capability of 1 mg 
to <30 mg, (2) absolute sensitivity of 1100 molecules of CO2 per 
m/z 44 ion, and (3) data acquisition and integration of the thermal 
conductivity signal from the Elemental Analyzer. Advice Received From: 
The National Institutes of Health, July 12, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-048. Applicant: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 
Lincoln, NE 68588-0111. Instrument: Integrated Sensors, Model MD100. 
Manufacturer: Integrated Sensors Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 60 FR 35552, July 10, 1995. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides an array of 116 detectors, each having a built-in 
microchip containing discriminators and amplifiers, with low noise and 
crosstalk and high (linear) spatial resolution for x-ray analysis of 
ionized gases. Advice Received From: The National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, August 31, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-050. Applicant: North Carolina State University, 
Raleigh, NC 27695-7212. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model IMS-6f. 
Manufacturer: Cameca Instruments, France. Intended Use: See notice at 
60 FR 35552, July 10, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
electrostatic sector/magnetic sector design for: (1) sensitivity to 7.0 
x 10-12 atoms/cm2 for B in Si, (2) mass resolving power to 
3.0 x 1013 atoms/cm2 for P in Si and (3) dynamic depth 
profiling capability. Advice Received From: The National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, August 29, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-051. Applicant: National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401. Instrument: Sonic Anemometer/Thermometer. 
Manufacturer: Kaijo-Denki, Co. Inc., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See 
notice at 60 FR 37051, July 19, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) wind speed capability to 60 m/s, (2) 10 Hz bandwidth and 
(3) resolution to 0.005 m/s for measurement of small-scale atmospheric 
turbulence. Advice Received From: The National Oceanic 

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and Atmospheric Administration, August 24, 1995.
    The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Standards 
and Technology and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
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.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
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