[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11173]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Colorado, 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 p.m. in Room 4211, US Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    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: 97-008. Applicant: University of Colorado, Boulder, 
CO 80309-0450. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. 
Manufacturer: Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62 
FR 8928, February 27, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) An abundance sensitivity of < 4 ppm for the % contribution of mass 
44 to mass 45, (2) resolution of 100 (10% valley definition) and (3) 
fully automated sample analysis.
    Docket Number: 97-009. Applicant: Georgia Institute of Technology, 
Atlanta, GA 30332-0340. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA. 
Manufacturer: Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62 
FR 8928, February 27, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) A magnetic sector analyzer with three Faraday collectors, (2) 
sensitivity of 1100 molecules of CO2 per mass 44 ion and (3) 
an internal precision of 0.02 per mil for 100 bar l samples of 
CO2.
    The capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above 
are pertinent to each applicant's intended purposes. We know of no 
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. 97-11173 Filed 4-29-97; 8:45 am]
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