[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19729]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Princeton 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: 96-015. Applicant: Princeton University, Princeton, 
NJ 08544-0033. Instrument: Spectrophotometer/Fluorimeter System. 
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See 
notice at 61 FR 25622, May 22, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides (1) a diode array detector for simultaneous monitoring of all 
frequencies and (2) the ability to function at the low temperatures 
demanded by experimental conditions.
    Docket Number: 96-018. Applicant: Texas A&M University, College 
Station, TX 77843-2128. Instrument: Multi-Mixing Stopped-Flow 
Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 25622, May 22, 1996. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides (1) a microvolume automated 
spectrofluorimeter module with full anaerobic capability and (2) multi-
mixing capabilities through the use of multiple injection syringes.
    Docket Number: 96-020. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
Phoenix, AZ 85014. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Delta S. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
25622, May 22, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides (1) a 
dual viscous gas flow inlet system with variable volume bellows for 
both the sample and reference gases and (2) a Friederichsen H2O-
CO2 equilibrator for automated analysis of \18\O/\16\O of 
H2O.
    Docket Number: 96-022. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789. Instrument: 4 Syringe Stopped-Flow Module, 
Model SFM-4/S. Manufacturer: BioLogic, France. Intended Use: See notice 
at 61 FR 25622, May 22, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
four independently controlled syringes for variable ratio, multi-mixing 
experiments and low convection mixer design to reduce viscosity 
artifacts.
    Docket Number: 96-028. Applicant: Florida International University, 
Miami, FL 33199. Instrument: (2) Mass Spectrometers, Model Delta C. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
28176, June 4, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides an 
internal precision of 0.006 per mil for 10 bar l samples of 
CO2 and automated analyses of \15\N and \13\C from the same 
sample.
    The capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above 
are pertinent to each applicant's intended purposes. We know of no 
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. 96-19729 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am]
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