[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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