[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7249]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

State University of New York, Binghamton, 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: 96-121. Applicant: State University of New York, 
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000. Instrument: Binocular Eye Tracking System, 
Model ET4. Manufacturer: AMTech, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 
62 FR 979, January 7, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) Precise measurement of oculomotor trajectories without artifacts 
due to shifting of liquid in the eyeball during eye rotation for study 
of movement contingent display changes and (2) computer software for 
examining binocular coordination. Advice received from: University of 
Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997.
    Docket Number: 96-125. Applicant: Smithsonian Institution, 
Washington, DC 20005. Instrument: Biological Cryostage, Model BCS 196. 
Manufacturer: Linkam Scientific Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 2133, January 15, 1997. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides: (1) Cooling of the cryostage down to 
-196 deg.C using unpressurized liquid nitrogen, (2) a cooling rate of 
0.01 deg.C/min. to 100 deg.C/min. and (3) program controlled 
supercooling. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, 
December 16, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-126. Applicant: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
14850. Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer, Model Deltaplus. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 
2133, January 15, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
An abundance sensitivity of 1500 molecules CO2 per mass 44 ion at 
the collector, (2) mass range of 1-70 at 3 keV and (3) a viscous gas 
flow dual inlet system. Advice received from: National Institutes of 
Health, December 16, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-128. Applicant: Montana State University, 
Bozeman, MT 59717-0352. Instrument: Real-time Microbial Analysis 
System, Model ChemScan. Manufacturer: Chemunex SA, France. Intended 
Use: See notice at 62 FR 2133, January 15, 1997. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) Discrimination of stained bacteria or other 
microbes (yeasts, molds, spores) from non-microbial particles and (2) 
concurrent identification and viability assessment of target species. 
Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, December 16, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-136. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-5600. Instrument: (4 each) Broadband 
Seismometers, Model STS-2. Manufacturer: G. Streckeisen AG, 
Switzerland. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 4033, January 28, 1997. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) A flat velocity response 
and output (within 3 dB) over a range of 120 seconds to 50 Hz and (2) a 
high differential voltage range (40 volts peak to peak) for a large 
dynamic range. Advice received from: U.S. Geological Survey, February 
24, 1997.
    Docket Number: 96-137. Applicant: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
14850. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model GEO 20-20. Manufacturer: 
Europa Scientific Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62 
FR 4032, January 28, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) An abundance sensitivity of <10 ppm for CO2--dual inlet mode, 
(2) analytical precision of 2S10 for 10 changeovers at natural 
abundance and (3) a 120 deg. extended geometry magnetic sector 
analyzer. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, January 
13, 1997.
    A private university research department, the U.S. Geological 
Survey 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. 97-7249 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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