[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 232 (Monday, December 4, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62072-62073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29363]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Miami 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.
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Docket Number: 94-145R. Applicant: Miami University, Oxford, OH
45056. Instrument: Cryostage. Manufacturer: Linkham Scientific
Instruments, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR
442, January 4, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) an
on-line video image analysis system with ability to perform
calibrations, line measurements, angle measurements and circle area
measurements, (2) minimum cooling/warming rate of 0.01 deg.C/min and
(3) a nitrogen purge chamber surrounding the cryostage and sample.
Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, September 21,
1995.
Docket Number: 95-012. Applicant: University of California,
Berkeley, CA 94720-4767. Instrument: Electron Microprobe, Model SX50.
Manufacturer: Cameca, France. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 16618,
March 31, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) a co-
axial high resolution light optical microscope, (2) multiple vertically
mounted wave length dispersive spectrometers with Rowland circle radius
of 160mm and (3) an automated optical encoded precision stage for
sample relocation to <0.5 microns.="" advice="" received="" from:="" national="" institutes="" of="" health,="" april="" 28,="" 1995.="" docket="" number:="" 95-055.="" applicant:="" dartmouth="" college,="" hanover,="" nh="" 03755-3571.="" instrument:="" thermal="" ionization="" mass="" spectrometer,="" model="" mat="" 262/rpq.="" manufacturer:="" finnigan="" mat,="" germany.="" intended="" use:="" see="" notice="" at="" 60="" fr="" 39711,="" august="" 3,="" 1995.="" reasons:="" the="" foreign="" instrument="" provides="" magnetic="" sector="" performance="" with="" an="" inductively-coupled="" plasma="" ion="" source="" for="" an="" isotope="" ratio="" sensitivity="" of="" 0.005%.="" 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.="" [fr="" doc.="" 95-29363="" filed="" 12-1-95;="" 8:45="" am]="" billing="" code="" 3510-ds-f="">