[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 227 (Friday, November 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59417-59418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-29944]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The University of North Carolina; Notice of Decision on 
Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made 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.
    Docket Number: 96-095. Applicant: The University of North Carolina 
at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3290. Instrument: Stopped-Flow 
Spectrophotometer, Model SF-61DX2. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 51276, October 1, 1996.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) sequential 
multi-mixing of three reagents under computer control, (2) a diode 
array detector with an anti-bleaching shutter and (3) a flow circuit 
consisting of a fused silica block to minimize artifacts associated 
with tubing and leakage. These capabilities are pertinent to the 
applicant's intended purposes and we know of no other instrument or 
apparatus of equivalent scientific value to the foreign

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instrument which is being manufactured in the United States.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-29944 Filed 11-21-96; 8:45 am]
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