95-28095. University of Rhode Island, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 14, 1995)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of Rhode Island, 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 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: 95-081. Applicant: University of Rhode Island, 
Narragansett, RI 02882-1997. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model 
Element. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice 
at 60 FR 50554, September 29, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides a double focusing magnetic sector analyzer with a sensitivity 
of 2.0 x 107 ions per second per ppm of indium at resolution 300.
    Docket Number: 95-083. Applicant: Continuous Electron Bean 
Accelerator Facility, Newport News, VA 23606. Instrument: Gas Cherenkov 
Counters for Hall A Magnetic Spectrometers. Manufacturer: CEA/DSM, 
France. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 50554, September 29, 1995. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides specially designed counters 
for atomic particle identification with an efficiency of 99.9%.
    The capability of each of the foreign instruments described above 
is pertinent to each applicant's intended purposes. We know of no 
instrument or apparatus being manufactured in the United States which 
is of equivalent scientific value to either of the foreign instruments.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-28095 Filed 11-13-95; 8:45 am]
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