[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 83 (Wednesday, April 30, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 23434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-11173]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
University of Colorado, 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 p.m. in Room 4211, US Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
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: 97-008. Applicant: University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO 80309-0450. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model OPTIMA.
Manufacturer: Micromass, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62
FR 8928, February 27, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides:
(1) An abundance sensitivity of < 4="" ppm="" for="" the="" %="" contribution="" of="" mass="" 44="" to="" mass="" 45,="" (2)="" resolution="" of="" 100="" (10%="" valley="" definition)="" and="" (3)="" fully="" automated="" sample="" analysis.="" docket="" number:="" 97-009.="" applicant:="" georgia="" institute="" of="" technology,="" atlanta,="" ga="" 30332-0340.="" instrument:="" mass="" spectrometer,="" model="" optima.="" manufacturer:="" micromass,="" united="" kingdom.="" intended="" use:="" see="" notice="" at="" 62="" fr="" 8928,="" february="" 27,="" 1997.="" reasons:="" the="" foreign="" instrument="" provides:="" (1)="" a="" magnetic="" sector="" analyzer="" with="" three="" faraday="" collectors,="" (2)="" sensitivity="" of="" 1100="" molecules="" of="">2 per mass 44 ion and (3)
an internal precision of 0.02 per mil for 100 bar l samples of
CO2.
The capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above
are pertinent to each applicant's intended purposes. We know of no
instrument or apparatus being manufactured in the United States which
is of equivalent scientific value to either of the foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-11173 Filed 4-29-97; 8:45 am]
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