[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-6041]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 96-116. Applicant: Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Mailstop F17, 4770 Buford Hwy, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30341-
3724. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG AutoSpec. Manufacturer: 
Micromass, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
66017, December 18, 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) High 
sensitivity and resolving power, continuously variable to 80 000 (10% 
valley definition) in El mode and (2) extended mass range to 2000 at 
8keV accelerating potential. The National Institutes of Health advises 
in its memorandum dated November 25, 1996 that (1) these capabilities 
are pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows of 
no domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value to 
the foreign instrument for the applicant's intended use.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-6041 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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