65244 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 238 / Thursday, December 11, 1997 / Notices

The Netherlands. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 52685, October 9, 1997.

Order Date: July 4, 1997.

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instrument, for such purposes as the

instrument is intended to be used, was

being manufactured in the United States

at the time the instrument was ordered.

Reasons: The foreign instrument is a

conventional transmission electron

microscope (CTEM) and is intended for

research or scientific educational uses

requiring a CTEM. We know of no

CTEM, or any other instrument suited to

these purposes, which was being

manufactured in the United States at the

time of order of the instrument.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–32466 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of California, 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: 97–076. Applicant:

University of California, Davis, CA

95616. Instrument: Electron Spin

Resonance Spectrometer, Model JES–

TE100. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

48811, September 17, 1997. Reasons:

The foreign instrument provides a weak

pitch signal to noise ratio of 400 to 1

and a cavity q-value of 18 000.

Docket Number: 97–078. Applicant:

University of Missouri at Kansas City,

Kansas City, MO 64110. Instrument:

Free-Flow Electrophoresis Device.

Manufacturer: Dr. Weber GmbH,

Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62

FR 52685, October 9, 1997. Reasons:

The foreign instrument provides

continuous flow electrophoresis for

separation of whole cells from blood or

other tissue fluids and separation and

purification of subcellular organelles.

Docket Number: 97–082. Applicant:

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,

MN 55455. Instrument: Stopped-Flow

Reaction Analyzer, Model SX.18MV.

Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics,

Ltd, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 52685, October 9, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides completely anaerobic

operation with a sub-millisecond dead

time.

Docket Number: 97–083. Applicant:

Indiana University-Purdue University at

Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46202.

Instrument: Stopped-Flow

Spectrometer, Model SX.61DX2.

Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 52685, October 9, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides double mixing stopped flow

with compatibility for use by students.

Docket Number: 97–085. Applicant:

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,

MN 55455. Instrument: Electron

Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer,

Model E500. Manufacturer: Bruker,

Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62

FR 52685, October 9, 1997. Reasons:

The foreign instrument provides

measurement of electron spin resonance

for characterization of paramagnetic

centers in various materials,

identification of photo- and redox-active

sites and elucidation of reaction

mechanisms.

The National Institutes of Health

advises in its memoranda dated

November 5, 1997 that (1) the

capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purpose and (2) it knows 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. 97–32445 Filed 12–10–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, 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: 97–064. Applicant:

University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, Urbana, IL 61801.

Instrument: Reflection High Energy

Electron Gun. Manufacturer: Focus

GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 43710, August 15, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) Selectable beam diameter,

(2) magnetic and electrostatic focusing

to reduce size of beam and (3) double

octopole defection system for better

steering. Advice received from: National

Institute of Standards and Technology,

November 7, 1997.

Docket Number: 97–065. Applicant:

Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

08544–0033. Instrument: (50)

Seismometers. Manufacturer: Guralp

Systems Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR

43710, August 15, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides a frequency

response from 0.03 to 10 Hz with

simplified operational design for use by

high school science students. Advice

received from: The U.S. Geological

Survey, November 6, 1997.

The National Institute of Standards

and Technology and the U.S. Geological

Survey 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