95-6258. University of California, Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13700-13701]
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[FR Doc No: 95-6258]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of California, Notice of Decision on Application for 
Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, 
[[Page 13701]] 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.
    Docket Number: 94-104. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. Instrument: Imaging Plate X-ray Detector for 
Protein Crystallography. Manufacturer: Mar Research, Germany. Intended 
Use: See notice at 59 FR 49645, September 29, 1994.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) high 
efficiency detection of molybdenum K x-rays at resolution to 
0.12nm and (2) exposure time of just 90s allowing use of a single 
imaging plate under computer control and data readout. National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated January 9, 1995 
that (1) these capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended 
purpose and (2) it knows of no domestic instrument or apparatus of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument for the 
applicant's intended use.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus of equivalent 
scientific value to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.


Frank Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-6258 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]
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