[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 96 (Monday, May 19, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27237-27238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13055]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
University of California, San Diego, 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 Numbers: 96-146 and 97-001. Applicant: University of
California, San Diego, San Diego, CA 92121. Instrument: (10)
Directional Waverider Buoys. Manufacturer: Datawell, BV, The
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notices at 62 FR 6215, February 11, 1997
and 62 FR 8928, February 27, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instruments
provide: (1) more reliable wave direction estimates at frequencies
under 1.0 Hz and over 3.0 Hz with less variability within that range
and (2) better wave spread estimates than comparable domestic
equipment. Advice received from: Two domestic manufacturers of similar
instruments, April 23, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-015. Applicant: North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC 27695-7212. Instrument: Photoelectron Emission Microscope.
Manufacturer: ELMITEC, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR
10543, March 7, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a
theoretical resolution of 10 nm for photoelectron imaging of crystal
growth processes. Advice received from: National Institute of Standards
and Technology, April 25, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-016. Applicant: Duke University, Durham, NC
27708-0319. Instrument: Interferometer. Manufacturer: SF SDB
``Granat'', C.I.S. Intended Use: See notice at 62 CF 13600, March 21,
1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) multipass operation
for optional filtering and (2) demonstrated quality mirror coatings for
use with a free electron laser. Advice received from: National
Institute of Standards and Technology, April 25, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-023. Applicant: Wayne State University, Detroit,
MI 48202. Instrument: Optical Biosensor with Accessories, Model BIOS-1.
Manufacturer: Artificial Sensing Instruments, Switzerland. Intended
Use: See notice at 62 FR 15657, April 2, 1997. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides label-free detection of biomolecular interaction to
measure the rate of deposition of protein molecules from a solution
onto a solid substrate. Advice received from: National Institutes of
Health, March 19, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-027. Applicant: New Mexico Institute of Mining
and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801. Instrument: Electron Microprobe,
Model SX 100. Manufacturer: Cameca, France. Intended Use: See notice at
62 FR 15658, April 2, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides
characterization of elemental composition and structure in surfaces
with resolution down to 1 m. Advice received from: National
Institute of Standards and Technology, July 26, 1996 (comparable case).
Docket Number: 97-028. Applicant: Rutgers University, Piscataway,
NJ 08855-6999. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model Element.
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR
15658, April 2, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a
magnetic sector mass analyzer with a resolution of 7500 to minimize
molecular ion and isobaric interference and determination of transition
row metals without hindrance from the occurrence of
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polyatomic species. Advice received from: National Institutes of
Health, March 19, 1997.
Two domestic manufacturers of similar instruments, the National
Institute of Standards and Technology and the National Institutes of
Health advise in their memoranda 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. 97-13055 Filed 5-16-97; 8:45 am]
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