95-9695. San Diego University, Notice of Decision on Application for Duty- Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

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

    This decision is made 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.
    Docket Number: 94-123. Applicant: San Diego University, San Diego, 
CA 92182. Instrument: MicroVolume Stopped-Flow Analyser, Model SX-17MV. 
Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, United Kingdom.
    Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 54437, October 31, 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) A vertical 
drive system providing increased optical sensitivity and high signal/
noise, (2) stop syringe operation and (3) non-simultaneous mixing of 
tri-component systems prior to spectral detection. The National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated February 16, 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 W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-9695 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]
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