[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47884-47885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23106]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The Pennsylvania State 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.

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    Docket Number: 96-048. Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Corvallis, OR 97331-7102. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer System, Model 
Europa 20-20. Manufacturer: Europa Scientific, Inc., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 30220, June 14, 1996. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides a 120 deg. extended geometry magnetic 
sector analyzer and a 120 position autosampler for solid and liquid 
samples. Advice received from: The National Institutes of Health, June 
11, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-060. Applicant: University of Minnesota, St. 
Paul, MN 55108. Instrument: EPR Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Bruker, 
Germany. Intended Use: See Notice at 61 FR 33902, July 1, 1996. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) a standard rectangular 
resonation with s/n 330:1 using weak pitch under standard conditions, 
(2) field accuracy better than 800 mG over the full range and (3) a 
liquid helium cryostat variable between 3.8--300 K. Advice received 
from: The National Institutes of Health, July 23, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-062. Applicant: University of Oklahoma, Norman, 
OK 73019. Instrument: ESR Spectrometer System. Manufacturer: Bruker 
Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 33902, July 1, 
1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) a cavity capable of 
temperature regulation to 4 deg.K by a liquid helium cooling system and 
(2) acceptance of a TM 110 cavity that is optimized for aqueous 
solutions in 200  flat cells. Advice received from  The 
National Institutes of Health, July 23, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-063. Applicant: University of Georgia, Athens, GA 
30602-2022. Instrument: SIR Mass Spectrometer, Model Delta C. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
33902, July 1, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
sensitivity of 1500 molecules CO2 per mass 44 ion under He flow 
conditions, (2) a viscous flow dual gas inlet and (3) a multi-element 
multiple collector system with 6 Faraday cups for \13\C, \15\N, \18\O 
and \34\S analysis. Advice received from: The National Institutes of 
Health, July 23, 1996.
    The National Institutes of Health advises in its memoranda that (1) 
the capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above are 
pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows 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. 96-23106 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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