[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55972-55973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27772]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The University of Texas, 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: 96-083. Applicant: The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: Gas Composition Analyzer, Model
Epison III. Manufacturer: Thomas Swan & Co., Ltd., United Kingdom.
Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 46782, September 5, 1996. Reasons:
The foreign instrument provides non-invasive control of gas mixture
ratios in a chemical vapor
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deposition system using an ultrasonic technique requiring no physical
contact with the gas stream. Advice received from: The Center for
Interfacial Engineering, National Science Foundation, October 4, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-086. Applicant: The University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, TN 37996-1410. Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer, Model
DELTAplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See
notice at 61 FR 46782, September 5, 1996. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides: (1) a dual viscous flow inlet system configured
for light isotope analysis of H/D, 13C/12C, 18O/
16O, 15N/14N and other species, (2) integrated
peripheral devices enabling automated operation and (3) absolute
sensitivity in molecules of CO2/ion = 1500. Advice
received from: National Institutes of Health, September 10, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-089. Applicant: Northern Kentucky University,
Highland Heights, KY 41099-1905. Instrument: Rapid Kinetics Apparatus,
Model SFA-20. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:
See notice at 61 FR 46783, September 5, 1996. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides: (1) a bulkhead closure, non-return valve and an
anaerobic enclosure to permit rapid mixing in anaerobic environments
and (2) remote triggering interface and cable to initiate data
acquisition. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health,
September 10, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-090. Applicant: National Renewable Energy
Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401-3393. Instrument: TOF Secondary Ion Mass
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: ION-TOF GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See
notice at 61 FR 46783, September 5, 1996. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides a horizontal sample holder at ground potential and
depth resolution to 1 nm. Advice received from: National Institutes of
Health, September 10, 1996.
The Center for Interfacial Engineering, National Science Foundation
and the National Institutes of Health 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. 96-27772 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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