[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 186 (Tuesday, September 26, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23887]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 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: 95-059. Applicant: Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1522. Instrument: Noble Gas Mass 
Spectrometer, Model MAP 215-50. Manufacturer: Mass Analyzer Products, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 39711, August 3, 
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) a 
background of less than 5.0 x 10-14 cm3 STP for M/e 36 and 
less than 10-15 cm3 STP for M/e 132 and (2) capability for 
simultaneous measurement of 40 Ar and 36 Ar.
    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. 95-23887 Filed 9-25-95; 8:45 am]
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