[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57220-57221]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28093]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Columbia 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: 95-011. Applicant: Columbia University in the City
of New York, New York, NY 10027. Instrument: High Energy Xenon
Flashlamp System, Model XF-10. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 13700, March 14, 1995.
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) stored electrical energy
to 340J, (2) anti-reflection coated quartz optics for focusing, and (3)
optical/electrical shielding. Advice Received From: National Institutes
of Health, April 28, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-013. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Eye Tracking System, Model
EYELINK. Manufacturer: SR Research Ltd., Canada. Intended Use: See
notice at 60 FR 16619, March 31, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides: (1) a sampling rate of 250 Hz, (2) spatial resolution of eye
position to 0.005 and (3) real-time detection of saccades as small as
0.3 deg. over a horizontal range of 30 deg. and a vertical
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range of 20 deg.. Advice Received From: National
Institutes of Health, April 28, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-014. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-
Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53211. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model
Autospec 3000. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, Inc., United Kingdom.
Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 16619, March 31, 1995. Reasons: The
foreign instrument provides: (1) trisector (EBE) double focusing
geometry, (2) liquid secondary ion MS capability and (3) mass range to
3000. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, April 28,
1995.
Docket Number: 95-015. Applicant: Georgia State University,
Atlanta, GA 30303. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model SOLA.
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at
60 FR 16619, March 31, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides:
(1) sub-ng/liter detection limits for liquids and sub-ppb for solids
across the periodic table, (2) Faraday and electron multiplier
detectors and (3) an accelerating cone providing high light element
sensitivity (e.g. Li > 100MHz/ppm). Advice Received From: National
Institutes of Health.
Docket Number: 95-042. Applicant: University of California, Santa
Cruz, CA 95064. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer System. Manufacturer:
Europa Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR
31144, June 13, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1)
dual isotope capabilities for carbon and nitrogen, (2) automated C/N
module, and (3) mass spectrometer precision of 0.2 per mil for carbon
and 0.5 per mil for nitrogen. Advice Received From: National Institutes
of Health, September 14, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-052. Applicant: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
03755-3571. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model ELEMENT.
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR
37051, July 19, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1)
high mass resolution providing detection of <0.1 ng/l="" of="" indium="" at="" three="" times="" standard="" deviation="" of="" background="" at="" resolution="" 300,="" and="" (2)="" low="" detection="" limit="" analysis="" of="" the="" elements="" ca,="" fe,="" as,="" g="" and="" v.="" advice="" received="" from:="" national="" institutes="" of="" health,="" september="" 21,="" 1995.="" docket="" number:="" 95-054.="" applicant:="" california="" state="" university,="" long="" beach,="" ca="" 90840.="" instrument:="" real-time="" 4="" camera="" system,="" model="" vicon="" 370.="" manufacturer:="" oxford="" metrics,="" ltd.,="" united="" kingdom.="" intended="" use:="" see="" notice="" at="" 60="" fr="" 39710,="" august="" 3,="" 1995.="" reasons:="" the="" foreign="" instrument="" provides="" comprehensive="" kinetic="" and="" kinematic="" analysis="" of="" human="" cyclical="" movement="" using="" infra-red="" strobed="" and="" shuttered="" video="" images="" of="" special="" markers="" placed="" on="" joint="" centers="" of="" the="" body.="" advice="" received="" from:="" national="" institutes="" of="" health,="" september="" 22,="" 1995.="" docket="" number:="" 95-057.="" applicant:="" university="" of="" connecticut,="" storrs,="" ct="" 06269-1020.="" instrument:="" fiber-electron="" manipulator="" system.="" manufacturer:="" thomas="" recording,="" germany.="" intended="" use:="" see="" notice="" at="" 60="" fr="" 39711,="" august="" 3,="" 1995.="" reasons:="" the="" foreign="" instrument="" provides:="" (1)="" independently="" manipulated="" microelectrodes="" at="" inter-electrode="" distances="" of="">m and (2) microelectrode shaft diameter of 80m
permitting non-interfering simultaneous measurement of cortical
neurons. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, September
22, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-058. Applicant: University of Maryland, College
Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Scanning Electron Microscope, Model XL-40.
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 60
FR 39711, August 3, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument is a
specially modified scanning electron microscope (SEM) serving as a
platform for a focused ion beam column with the ion beam's scanning,
scan amplifier and vacuum controlled by the SEM's computer. Advice
Received From: National Institutes of Health, September 22, 1995.
The National Institutes of Health advises 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
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