[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 2, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8391]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Department of Agriculture; 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, DC.
    Docket Number: 96-139. Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Phoenix, AZ 85040-8832. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Isochrom. 
Manufacturer: Micromass, Inc., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice 
at 62 FR 5619, February 6, 1997.
    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) A sensitivity of one mass 44 ion per 1100 molecules CO2 
and
    (2) A precision of 0.3 per mil for samples ranging from 50 to 150 
g C. The National Institutes of Health advises in its 
memorandum dated February 4, 1997 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. 97-8391 Filed 4-1-97; 8:45 am]
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