[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 199 (Friday, October 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26216]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of Arizona, 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: 96-079. Applicant: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 
85721. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Sector 54. Manufacturer: 
Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 42589, 
August 16, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) an 
abundance sensitivity of 10ppb at mass U 237, (2) an ion-counting 
Daly type detector with a detection efficiency >90% and (3) motorized 
computer-controlled multiple collectors.

    Docket Number: 96-080. Applicant: Berkeley Geochronology Center, 
Berkeley, CA 94709. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Sector 54. 
Manufacturer: Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 
FR 42589, August 16, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) an abundance sensitivity of 2x10 \8\, (2) a peak flat specification 
of 0.01% and (3) a precision of 15 ppm for analysis of \87\ Sr/\86\ Sr.
    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 either of the foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-26216 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]
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