[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 46782]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22685]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Carnegie Institution of Washington, 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, 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: 96-021. Applicant: Carnegie Institution of
Washington, Washington, DC 20015. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model
IMS 6F. Manufacturer: CAMECA, France. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR
25622, May 22, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a mass
spectrometer with spherical ion optics for imaging and analysis of
trace elements and isotopes.
Docket Number: 96-049. Applicant: University of California at San
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG
Sector 54. Manufacturer: VG Isotech, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See
notice at 61 FR 30220, June 14, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides: (1) Seven Faraday collectors and an ion counting Daly
detector, (2) thermal ionization of solid samples and (3) negative ion
operation.
Docket Number: 96-055. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State
University, University Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer,
Model MAT 252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See
notice at 61 FR 30221, June 14, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides a multielement multicollector and an external precision of
0.15 per mil STP for gas samples as small as 100cc.
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. 96-22685 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am]
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