[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: 97-29629]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Utah; 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: 97-075. Applicant: University of Utah, Salt Lake 
City, UT 84112. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model 215-50. 
Manufacturer: Mass Analyser Products, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 62 FR 48811, September 17, 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 mass analyzer, (2) sensitivity for He of 2.0  x  10-4 
A/Torr at 200 A trap current and (3) background to 5.0  x  
10-4 cc STP at M/e 36 and to 1.0  x  10-15 cc STP 
at M/e 132. These capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's 
intended purposes and 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. 97-29629 Filed 11-7-97; 8:45 am]
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