[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 217 (Monday, November 10, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 60484]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29628]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Research Foundation of the City University of New York; 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: 97-073. Applicant: Research Foundation of The City 
University of New York, New York, NY 10003. Instrument: Electron 
Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer, EMX Series. Manufacturer: Bruker 
Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 47645, 
September 10, 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 measurement of 
electron spin resonance for characterization of paramagnetic centers in 
various materials, identification of photo- and redox-active sites and 
elucidation of reaction mechanisms. The National Institutes of Health 
advises in its memorandum dated June 26, 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 (comparable case).
    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. 97-29628 Filed 11-7-97; 8:45 am]
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