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Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 2133,

January 15, 1997. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides: (1) Analytical

performance of 0.006% for 13C and

0.012 for 18O (both as CO2) and (2)

analysis of samples to 50 bar μl to the

above precision.

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 either of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–5891 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

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University of Massachusetts Medical

Center; Decision on Application for

Duty-free Entry of Scientific Instrument

This is a decision 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 am and 5 pm in

Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.

DECISION: Denied. Applicant has

failed to establish that domestic

instruments of equivalent scientific

value to the foreign instrument for the

intended purposes are not available.

REASONS: Section 301.5(e)(4) of the

regulations requires the denial of

applications that have been denied

without prejudice to resubmission if

they are not resubmitted within the

specified time period. This is the case

for the following docket.

Docket Number: 96–101. Applicant:

University of Massachusetts Medical

Center, Worcester, MA 01605.

Instrument: Spectrophotometer System,

Model SF–61 DX2/X. Manufacturer: HiTech Scientific, United Kingdom. Date

of Denial without Prejudice to

Resubmission: December 12, 1996.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–5893 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

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University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign, et al.; 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 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 Numbers: 96–075, 96–076R

and 96–077. Applicant: University of

Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana,

IL 61801. Instrument: Eye Tracking

System, Model EYELINK. Manufacturer:

SR Research Ltd., Canada. Intended Use:

See notice at 61 FR 41774, August 12,

1996. Reasons: The foreign instruments

provide a sampling rate of 250 Hz and

spatial resolution of eye position to

0.005 degree without requiring use of

head restraint. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, December

17, 1996 and January 30, 1997.

Docket Number: 96–123. Applicant:

William Marsh Rice University,

Houston, TX 77005. Instrument:

Stopped-Flow Fluorescence

Spectrophotometer, Model SX.18MV.

Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics

Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:

See notice at 62 FR 979, January 7, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) An instrumental

‘‘deadtime’’ of 1.2 msec permitting

measurement of reaction rates up to

1500 sec-1 and (2) sequential mixing

capability. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, December

16, 1996.

The National Institutes of Health

advises in its memoranda 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. 97–6040 Filed 3–10–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of Insular Affairs

[Docket No. 960508126–6126–01]

RIN 0625–AA46

Allocation of Duty-Exemptions for

Calendar Year 1997 Among Watch

Producers Located in the Virgin

Islands

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce; Office of

Insular Affairs, Department of the

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This action allocates 1997

duty-exemptions for watch producers

located in the Virgin Islands pursuant to

Pub. L. 97–446, as amended by Pub. L.

103–465 (‘‘the Act’’).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faye

Robinson, (202) 482–3526.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to the Act, the Departments of the

Interior and Commerce (the

Departments) share responsibility for

the allocation of duty exemptions

among watch assembly firms in the

United States insular possessions and

the Northern Mariana Islands. In

accordance with § 303.3(a) of the

regulations (15 CFR part 303), this

action establishes the total quantity of

duty-free insular watches and watch

movements for 1997 at 4,600,000 units

and divides this amount among the

three insular possessions of the United

States and the Northern Mariana

Islands. Of this amount, 3,100,000 units

may be allocated to Virgin Islands

producers, 500,000 to Guam producers,

500,000 to American Samoa producers

and 500,000 to Northern Mariana

Islands producers (61 FR 55883).

The criteria for the calculation of the

1997 duty-exemption allocations among

insular producers are set forth in

§ 303.14 of the regulations.

The Departments have verified the

data submitted on application form

ITA–334P by Virgin Islands producers

and inspected their current operations

in accordance with Section 303.5 of the

regulations.

In calendar year 1996 the Virgin

Islands watch assembly firms shipped

1,015,199 watches and watch

movements into the customs territory of

the United States under the Act. The

dollar amount of creditable corporate

income taxes paid by Virgin Islands

producers during calendar year 1996

plus the creditable wages paid by the

industry during calendar year 1996 to