[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16984-16985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8972]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Case Western Reserve University, 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: 97-074. Applicant: Case Western Reserve University, 
Cleveland, OH 44106. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model 
SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 47645, September 10, 1997. Reasons: 
The foreign instrument provides: (1) Sub-millisecond dead time, (2) two 
photomultipliers at different angles to allow detection of both 
fluorescence and absorbance on immediately subsequent reactions and (3) 
superior performance on test specimens to be used in the planned 
research. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, March 4, 
1998.

    Docket Number: 97-099. Applicant: Indiana/Purdue University, 
Indianapolis, IN 46202. Instrument: Xenon Flashlamp, Model JML-C2. 
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See 
notice at 63 FR 5504, February 3, 1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides a liquid light guide to focus light directly on the specimen 
with a pulse power of 240 kW for a 1 ms duration. Advice received from: 
National Institutes of Health, January 5, 1998.

    Docket Number: 97-100. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0931. Instrument: Digital Sleep Recorder, 
Model VitaPort 2. Manufacturer: TEMEC Instruments BV, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 5504, February 3, 1998. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides: (1) Electronic measurement of 
electrophysical (e.g. EEG and EOG) and cardio-respiratory (e.g. ECG and 
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THOR) parameters and (2) minimized weight, power consumption and 
physical dimensions appropriate for space flight. Advice received from: 
National Institutes of Health, January 5, 1998.

    Docket Number: 97-104. Applicant: University of Colorado, Boulder, 
CO 80309-0008. Instrument: Experimental Set-ups (Frames & Trusses). 
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 63 FR 5364, February 2, 1998. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides a small mechanical apparatus with instrumentation 
which serves as a mock-up of structures, such as a truss, frame or 
bridge, which students can use to perform basic experiments in 
structural engineering. Advice received from: A university laboratory 
instructor, March 19, 1998.

    Docket Number: 97-107. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Near-Field Scanning Optical 
Microscope. Manufacturer: Witec GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice 
at 63 FR 5504, February 3, 1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) operation in both transmission and reflection mode, (2) 
operation in liquids and (3) three separate piezo-drivers for X,Y,Z 
translation. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, March 
5, 1998.

    Docket Number: 98-003. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: (40 each) HV Stopcock (Laboratory 
Glassware). Manufacturer: Louwers Hapert Glasstechnics BV, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 8164, February 18, 1998. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a unique remotely controlled 
high vacuum stopcock for use in automated processing systems for 
production of doubly labelled water. Advice received from: National 
Institutes of Health, March 5, 1998.
    The National Institutes of Health and a university laboratory 
instructor 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. 98-8972 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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