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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
University of Utah, 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 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: 94-010. Applicant: University of Utah, Salt Lake
City, UT 84112. Instrument: Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT
252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at
59 FR 9964, March 2, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides:
(1) unattended analysis of 50 samples, (2) precision of 0.1% and (3)
sensitivity of 1000 molecules of CO2 per mass 44 ion. Advice
Received From: National Institutes of Health, May 31, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-013. Applicant: South Dakota State University,
Brookings, SD 57007. Instrument: GC - Dumas Ratio Mass Spectrometer,
Model Europa 20-20. Manufacturer: Europa, United Kingdom. Intended Use:
See notice at 59 FR 9964, March 2, 1994. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides continuous flow GC/MS with: (1) analysis error of
less than 0.1% for nitrogen and carbon and (2) an automatic combustion
sample preparation system with 130 positions. Advice Received From:
National Institutes of Health, May 31, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-057. Applicant: University of California, Los
Alamos, NM 87545. Instrument: Optical Floating Zone System.
Manufacturer: Vacuum Metallurgical Co., Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See
notice at 59 FR 24691, May 12, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides growth of single crystals using high intensity lamps in a
parabolic reflector to translate a molten zone along a rod of test
material. Advice Received From: The National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, June 8, 1994.
Docket Number: 93-146. Applicant: Hunter College, New York, NY
10021. Instrument: Northern Light Illuminator. Manufacturer: Imaging
Research, Inc., Canada. Intended Use: See notice at 58 FR 68875,
December 29, 1993. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides flicker
free illumination with 0.5% stability over a 12 hour
period. Advice Received From: National Institutes of Health, April 21,
1994.
The National Institutes of Health and The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration 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.
Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 94-16611 Filed 7-7-94; 8:45 am]
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