[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7240-7241]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4421]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Rutgers 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: 95-101. Applicant: Rutgers University, Piscataway,
NJ 08855. Instrument: Chlorophyll Fluorescence Measuring System, Model
PAM 101. Manufacturer: Walz (Mess- und Regeltechnik), Germany. Intended
Use: See notice at 60 FR 57222, November 14, 1995. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides: (1) fluorescence rate measurements under sunlight
conditions, (2) flash trigger control variable between 100 msec and 10
000 sec, and (3) high kinetic resolution at 100 Hz. Advice Received
From: National Institutes of Health, January 29, 1996.
Docket Number: 95-103. Applicant: University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, VA 22906. Instrument: SIR Mass Spectrometer, Model
OPTIMA. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use:
See notice at 60 FR 58330, November 27, 1995. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides continuous flow gas chromatography-combustion and
an internal precision of 0.01 per mil for 5 bar l of C02.
Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, January 30, 1996.
Docket Number: 95-106. Applicant: Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Cold Stage for Time-of-Flight
SIMS. Manufacturer: Kore Technology, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended
Use: See notice at 60 FR 62390, December 6, 1995. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides vibrational stability to allow imaging with spatial
resolution to 20 nm and a demountable sample holder. Advice Received
From: National Institutes of Health, January 30, 1996.
Docket Number: 95-110. Applicant: National Institutes of Standards
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer,
Model
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JMS-700. Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR
62390, December 6, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides high
precision measurements of the ratios of intensities of two or more ions
from compounds eluting from capillary gas chromatography columns and
double-focusing magnetic sector geometry with resolution to 60 000.
Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, January 30, 1996.
Docket Number: 95-111. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison,
Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Mode-locked Solid State Laser.
Manufacturer: Microlase Optical Systems, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended
Use: See notice at 60 FR 62390, December 6, 1996. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides: (1) a resonator with passive mode-locking
capability, (2) short pulse duration < 300="" femtoseconds,="" and="" (3)="" frequency="" doubling="" to="" 660="" nanometers.="" advice="" received="" from:="" national="" institutes="" of="" health,="" january="" 31,="" 1996.="" the="" national="" institutes="" of="" health="" advises="" in="" its="" memoranda="" that="" (1)="" the="" capabilities="" of="" each="" of="" the="" foreign="" instruments="" described="" above="" are="" pertinent="" to="" each="" applicant's="" intended="" purpose="" and="" (2)="" it="" knows="" 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.="" 96-4421="" filed="" 2-26-96;="" 8:45="" am]="" billing="" code="" 3510-ds-f="">