[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57220-57221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28093]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Columbia University, 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: 95-011. Applicant: Columbia University in the City 
of New York, New York, NY 10027. Instrument: High Energy Xenon 
Flashlamp System, Model XF-10. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 13700, March 14, 1995. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) stored electrical energy 
to 340J, (2) anti-reflection coated quartz optics for focusing, and (3) 
optical/electrical shielding. Advice Received From: National Institutes 
of Health, April 28, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-013. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Eye Tracking System, Model 
EYELINK. Manufacturer: SR Research Ltd., Canada. Intended Use: See 
notice at 60 FR 16619, March 31, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) a sampling rate of 250 Hz, (2) spatial resolution of eye 
position to 0.005 and (3) real-time detection of saccades as small as 
0.3 deg. over a horizontal range of  30 deg. and a vertical 


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range of  20 deg.. Advice Received From: National 
Institutes of Health, April 28, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-014. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 
Autospec 3000. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, Inc., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 16619, March 31, 1995. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides: (1) trisector (EBE) double focusing 
geometry, (2) liquid secondary ion MS capability and (3) mass range to 
3000. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, April 28, 
1995.
    Docket Number: 95-015. Applicant: Georgia State University, 
Atlanta, GA 30303. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model SOLA. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 
60 FR 16619, March 31, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) sub-ng/liter detection limits for liquids and sub-ppb for solids 
across the periodic table, (2) Faraday and electron multiplier 
detectors and (3) an accelerating cone providing high light element 
sensitivity (e.g. Li > 100MHz/ppm). Advice Received From: National 
Institutes of Health.
    Docket Number: 95-042. Applicant: University of California, Santa 
Cruz, CA 95064. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer System. Manufacturer: 
Europa Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 
31144, June 13, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
dual isotope capabilities for carbon and nitrogen, (2) automated C/N 
module, and (3) mass spectrometer precision of 0.2 per mil for carbon 
and 0.5 per mil for nitrogen. Advice Received From: National Institutes 
of Health, September 14, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-052. Applicant: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 
03755-3571. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model ELEMENT. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 
37051, July 19, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
high mass resolution providing detection of <0.1 ng/l of Indium at 
three times standard deviation of background at resolution 300, and (2) 
low detection limit analysis of the elements Ca, Fe, As, G and V. 
Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, September 21, 
1995.
    Docket Number: 95-054. Applicant: California State University, Long 
Beach, CA 90840. Instrument: Real-Time 4 Camera System, Model VICON 
370. Manufacturer: Oxford Metrics, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 60 FR 39710, August 3, 1995. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides comprehensive kinetic and kinematic analysis of 
human cyclical movement using infra-red strobed and shuttered video 
images of special markers placed on joint centers of the body. Advice 
Received From: National Institutes of Health, September 22, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-057. Applicant: University of Connecticut, 
Storrs, CT 06269-1020. Instrument: Fiber-Electron Manipulator System. 
Manufacturer: Thomas Recording, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 60 
FR 39711, August 3, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
independently manipulated microelectrodes at inter-electrode distances 
of 256m and (2) microelectrode shaft diameter of 80m 
permitting non-interfering simultaneous measurement of cortical 
neurons. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, September 
22, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-058. Applicant: University of Maryland, College 
Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Scanning Electron Microscope, Model XL-40. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 60 
FR 39711, August 3, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument is a 
specially modified scanning electron microscope (SEM) serving as a 
platform for a focused ion beam column with the ion beam's scanning, 
scan amplifier and vacuum controlled by the SEM's computer. Advice 
Received From: National Institutes of Health, September 22, 1995.
    The National Institutes of Health advises 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
[FR Doc. 95-28093 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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