[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20386]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Wisconsin, 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: 97-040. Applicant: University of Wisconsin, Madison, 
WI 53706. Instrument:  Ti:Sapphire Laser, Model MBR-110. Manufacturer: 
Microlase Optical Systems, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 
62 FR 32296, June 13, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) a line length less than 100 kH, (2) scan length of 0-30 GHz 
(digitally controlled) and (3) scan time of 5-4000 seconds (digitally 
controlled).

    Docket Number: 97-044. Applicant: University of Rochester, 
Rochester NY 14627. Instrument: (2) ICP Mass Spectrometers, Model 
Plasma 54. Manufacturer: VG Elemental, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 62 FR 32766, June 17, 1997. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides a double-focussing magnetic sector analyzer with 9 
Faraday collectors with precision less than 0.003%.
    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. 97-20386 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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