[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 70 (Friday, April 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9430]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; 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: 96-148. Applicant: Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543-1531. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, 
Model MAT ELEMENT. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: 
See notice at 62 FR 6216, February 11, 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 magnetic 
sector analyzer for best sensitivity to study low levels of \230\ Th 
and \231\ Pa in seawater and (2) fastest sample throughput to meet 
laboratory workloads. 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. 97-9430 Filed 4-10-97; 8:45 am]
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