[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 62 (Friday, March 31, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 16618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-8007]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Scripps Research Institute, 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: 94-102. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute,
La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: NMR Spectrometer, Model Avance DMX750.
Manufacturer: Bruker, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 49645,
September 29, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1)
superior magnetic field homogeneity and stability with a smaller fringe
field and (2) better lock stability (uses digital design), spectral
fidelity (uses digital filters) and pulsed field gradient performance
(uses 3-axis gradient probe). Advice Received From: The National
Institutes of Health, January 9, 1995.
Docket Number: 94-112. Applicant: Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, Kansas City, MO 64128. Instrument: Microvolume Stopped
Flow Spectrometer, Model SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 52957, October
20, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) repetitive,
single-shot operation providing wavelength dependent time resolved
spectra at a rate of 100 000 per second, (2) sub-millisecond dead time
and (3) sensitivity to signals <.02av. advice="" received="" from:="" the="" national="" institutes="" of="" health,="" january="" 9,="" 1995.="" docket="" number:="" 94-140.="" applicant:="" penn="" state="" university,="" university="" park,="" pa="" 16802.="" instrument:="" electron="" gun="" for="" reflection="" electron="" diffraction.="" manufacturer:="" staib="" instruments,="" germany.="" intended="" use:="" see="" notice="" at="" 59="" fr="" 66941,="" december="" 28,="" 1994.="" reasons:="" the="" foreign="" accessory="" provides="" capability="" to="" change="" the="" angle="" of="" incidence="" of="" a="" high="" energy="" electron="" beam="" electronically,="" without="" affecting="" the="" beam's="" position="" on="" the="" sample="" surface,="" in="" a="" molecular="" beam="" epitaxy="" system="" using="" rheed.="" advice="" received="" from:="" the="" center="" for="" telecommunications="" research,="" national="" science="" foundation,="" february="" 9,="" 1995.="" docket="" number:="" 94-144.="" applicant:="" university="" of="" illinois="" at="" urbana-="" champaign,="" urbana,="" il="" 61801.="" instrument:="" gas="" composition="" analyzer,="" model="" epison="" ii.="" manufacturer:="" thomas="" swan,="" united="" kingdom.="" intended="" use:="" see="" notice="" at="" 60="" fr="" 442,="" january="" 4,="" 1995.="" reasons:="" the="" foreign="" instrument="" provides:="" (1)="" non-invasive="" control="" of="" gas="" mixture="" ratios="" in="" a="" chemical="" vapor="" deposition="" (cvd)="" system="" using="" a="" unique="" ultrasonic="" technique="" requiring="" no="" physical="" contact="" with="" the="" gas="" stream="" and="" (2)="" compatibility="" and="" sharing="" of="" control="" software="" with="" an="" existing="" cvd="" system.="" advice="" received="" from:="" the="" center="" for="" interfacial="" engineering,="" national="" science="" foundation,="" february="" 9,="" 1995.="" the="" national="" institutes="" of="" health="" and="" the="" national="" science="" foundation="" advise="" 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.="" 95-8007="" filed="" 3-30-95;="" 8:45="" am]="" billing="" code="" 3510-ds-f="">