[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 231 (Friday, November 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60683-60684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-30470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of Vermont, 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: 96-096. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer, Model 
Deltaplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 61 FR 51276, October 1, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) high sensitivity to 1500 molecules CO2 per mass 44 
ion, (2) ion source linearity of 0.02%/nA ion current (mass 44) and (3) 
a GC/C/MS interface and microcombustion oxidation furnace for 
production of CO2, N2 and H2O. Advice received from: 
National Institutes of Health, October 21, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-100. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 
Baltimore, MD 21218. Instrument: Fast Correlation Spectrometer, Model 
ALV 5000/E. Manufacturer: ALV Laser, Germany. Intended Use: See notice 
at 61 FR 54156, October 17, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides a dual detection system to minimize spurious afterpulsing at 
short intervals and optimal fiberoptic coupling. Advice received from: 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, November 13, 1996.
    The National Institutes of Health and the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology 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

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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 either of 
the foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-30470 Filed 11-27-96; 8:45 am]
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