[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55972-55973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27772]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The University of Texas, 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: 96-083. Applicant: The University of Texas at 
Austin, Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: Gas Composition Analyzer, Model 
Epison III. Manufacturer: Thomas Swan & Co., Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 46782, September 5, 1996. Reasons: 
The foreign instrument provides non-invasive control of gas mixture 
ratios in a chemical vapor

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deposition system using an ultrasonic technique requiring no physical 
contact with the gas stream. Advice received from: The Center for 
Interfacial Engineering, National Science Foundation, October 4, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-086. Applicant: The University of Tennessee, 
Knoxville, TN 37996-1410. Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer, Model 
DELTAplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 61 FR 46782, September 5, 1996. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) a dual viscous flow inlet system configured 
for light isotope analysis of H/D, 13C/12C, 18O/
16O, 15N/14N and other species, (2) integrated 
peripheral devices enabling automated operation and (3) absolute 
sensitivity in molecules of CO2/ion = 1500. Advice 
received from: National Institutes of Health, September 10, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-089. Applicant: Northern Kentucky University, 
Highland Heights, KY 41099-1905. Instrument: Rapid Kinetics Apparatus, 
Model SFA-20. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 61 FR 46783, September 5, 1996. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) a bulkhead closure, non-return valve and an 
anaerobic enclosure to permit rapid mixing in anaerobic environments 
and (2) remote triggering interface and cable to initiate data 
acquisition. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, 
September 10, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-090. Applicant: National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401-3393. Instrument: TOF Secondary Ion Mass 
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: ION-TOF GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 61 FR 46783, September 5, 1996. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides a horizontal sample holder at ground potential and 
depth resolution to 1 nm. Advice received from: National Institutes of 
Health, September 10, 1996.
    The Center for Interfacial Engineering, National Science Foundation 
and the National Institutes of Health advise 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. 96-27772 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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