[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16984-16985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-8972]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Case Western Reserve 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: 97-074. Applicant: Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH 44106. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrometer, Model
SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom.
Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 47645, September 10, 1997. Reasons:
The foreign instrument provides: (1) Sub-millisecond dead time, (2) two
photomultipliers at different angles to allow detection of both
fluorescence and absorbance on immediately subsequent reactions and (3)
superior performance on test specimens to be used in the planned
research. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, March 4,
1998.
Docket Number: 97-099. Applicant: Indiana/Purdue University,
Indianapolis, IN 46202. Instrument: Xenon Flashlamp, Model JML-C2.
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See
notice at 63 FR 5504, February 3, 1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides a liquid light guide to focus light directly on the specimen
with a pulse power of 240 kW for a 1 ms duration. Advice received from:
National Institutes of Health, January 5, 1998.
Docket Number: 97-100. Applicant: University of California, San
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0931. Instrument: Digital Sleep Recorder,
Model VitaPort 2. Manufacturer: TEMEC Instruments BV, The Netherlands.
Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 5504, February 3, 1998. Reasons: The
foreign instrument provides: (1) Electronic measurement of
electrophysical (e.g. EEG and EOG) and cardio-respiratory (e.g. ECG and
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THOR) parameters and (2) minimized weight, power consumption and
physical dimensions appropriate for space flight. Advice received from:
National Institutes of Health, January 5, 1998.
Docket Number: 97-104. Applicant: University of Colorado, Boulder,
CO 80309-0008. Instrument: Experimental Set-ups (Frames & Trusses).
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:
See notice at 63 FR 5364, February 2, 1998. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides a small mechanical apparatus with instrumentation
which serves as a mock-up of structures, such as a truss, frame or
bridge, which students can use to perform basic experiments in
structural engineering. Advice received from: A university laboratory
instructor, March 19, 1998.
Docket Number: 97-107. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Near-Field Scanning Optical
Microscope. Manufacturer: Witec GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice
at 63 FR 5504, February 3, 1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides: (1) operation in both transmission and reflection mode, (2)
operation in liquids and (3) three separate piezo-drivers for X,Y,Z
translation. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, March
5, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-003. Applicant: University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: (40 each) HV Stopcock (Laboratory
Glassware). Manufacturer: Louwers Hapert Glasstechnics BV, The
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 8164, February 18, 1998.
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a unique remotely controlled
high vacuum stopcock for use in automated processing systems for
production of doubly labelled water. Advice received from: National
Institutes of Health, March 5, 1998.
The National Institutes of Health and a university laboratory
instructor 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. 98-8972 Filed 4-6-98; 8:45 am]
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