[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 150 (Friday, August 2, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 40407]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19729]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Princeton 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: 96-015. Applicant: Princeton University, Princeton,
NJ 08544-0033. Instrument: Spectrophotometer/Fluorimeter System.
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See
notice at 61 FR 25622, May 22, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides (1) a diode array detector for simultaneous monitoring of all
frequencies and (2) the ability to function at the low temperatures
demanded by experimental conditions.
Docket Number: 96-018. Applicant: Texas A&M University, College
Station, TX 77843-2128. Instrument: Multi-Mixing Stopped-Flow
Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics Ltd.,
United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 25622, May 22, 1996.
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides (1) a microvolume automated
spectrofluorimeter module with full anaerobic capability and (2) multi-
mixing capabilities through the use of multiple injection syringes.
Docket Number: 96-020. Applicant: National Institutes of Health,
Phoenix, AZ 85014. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model Delta S.
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR
25622, May 22, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides (1) a
dual viscous gas flow inlet system with variable volume bellows for
both the sample and reference gases and (2) a Friederichsen H2O-
CO2 equilibrator for automated analysis of \18\O/\16\O of
H2O.
Docket Number: 96-022. Applicant: Howard Hughes Medical Institute,
Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789. Instrument: 4 Syringe Stopped-Flow Module,
Model SFM-4/S. Manufacturer: BioLogic, France. Intended Use: See notice
at 61 FR 25622, May 22, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides
four independently controlled syringes for variable ratio, multi-mixing
experiments and low convection mixer design to reduce viscosity
artifacts.
Docket Number: 96-028. Applicant: Florida International University,
Miami, FL 33199. Instrument: (2) Mass Spectrometers, Model Delta C.
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR
28176, June 4, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides an
internal precision of 0.006 per mil for 10 bar l samples of
CO2 and automated analyses of \15\N and \13\C from the same
sample.
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 any of the foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-19729 Filed 8-1-96; 8:45 am]
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