[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43710-43711]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-21711]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Vermont, 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: 96-149R. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405-0068. Instrument: Motion Analysis System and 
Telemg System, Model Elite Plus. Manufacturer: Bioengineering 
Technology & Systems, Italy. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

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6216, February 11, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
systematic triggering of kinematic data acquisition for reliability and 
recording of movement events with durations as short as 40 ms. Advice 
received from: National Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-039. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, San Diego, CA 92121. Instrument: Wave Measurement Equipment. 
Manufacturer: Datawell bv, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
62 FR 32766, June 17, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) more reliable wave direction estimates at frequencies under 1.0 Hz 
and over 3.0 Hz with less variability within the range, and (2) better 
wave spread estimates than comparable domestic equipment. Advice 
received from: Two domestic manufacturers of similar equipment, April 
23, 1997 (comparable case).

    Docket Number: 97-047. Applicant: Emory University, Atlanta, GA 
30322. Instrument: Slice Physiology Setup, Model 240. Manufacturer: 
Luigs and Neumann, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 34691, 
June 27, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides positioning of 
a group of microelectrodes for single-cell neuronal recording under an 
optical microscope with placement precision of 0.1 m. Advice 
received from: National Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-049. Applicant: California State Polytechnic 
University, Pomona, CA 91768. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, 
Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 36261, July 7, 1997. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides: (1) sequential mixing capability, (2) dead 
time of 1.3 ms, and (3) a cell volume of 20 l with a flow 
circuit volume of 100 l. Advice received from: National 
Institutes of Health, June 26, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-050. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia, PA 19104. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model AutoSpec. 
Manufacturer: Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62 
FR 36261, July 7, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a high 
resolution double focussing magnetic sector analyzer with 3-sector 
geometry. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, June 26, 
1997.
    The National Institutes of Health and two domestic manufacturers of 
similar equipment 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. 97-21711 Filed 8-14-97; 8:45 am]
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