Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 55 / Friday, March 21, 1997 / Notices 13599

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: 96–131. Applicant:

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater,

OK 74078. Instrument: Ti:Sapphire

Laser, Model MBR–110. Manufacturer:

Microlase Optical Systems Ltd., United

Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62

FR 4032, January 28, 1997. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides: (1) a

tunable bandwith between 700—

1050nm, (2) single frequency output of

1W for 7W pump (at peak Ti:S gain) and

(3) a scan length of 0–30 GHz at 800nm.

Docket Number: 96–132. Applicant:

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda,

MD 20892. Instrument: Stopped-Flow

Spectrometer, Model SX.18MV.

Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics

Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:

See notice at 62 FR 4032, January 28,

1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) a sequential stopped-flow

drive with multimixing capability, (2)

full anaerobic capability and (3) an

integrated photodiode array detector.

Docket Number: 96–134. Applicant:

U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

20192. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer,

Model Deltaplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan

MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 4032, January 28, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) a 6-cup Farraday

multicollector, (2) online carbonate

preparation and elemental analyzer

inlets and (3) an external precision of

0.006 per mil with 10 bar μl samples of

CO2.

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.

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State University of New York,

Binghamton, 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: 96–121. Applicant:

State University of New York,

Binghamton, NY 13902–6000.

Instrument: Binocular Eye Tracking

System, Model ET4. Manufacturer:

AMTech, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 979, January 7, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) Precise measurement of

oculomotor trajectories without artifacts

due to shifting of liquid in the eyeball

during eye rotation for study of

movement contingent display changes

and (2) computer software for

examining binocular coordination.

Advice received from: University of

Pennsylvania, February 27, 1997.

Docket Number: 96–125. Applicant:

Smithsonian Institution, Washington,

DC 20005. Instrument: Biological

Cryostage, Model BCS 196.

Manufacturer: Linkam Scientific

Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 2133,

January 15, 1997. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides: (1) Cooling of the

cryostage down to ¥196°C using

unpressurized liquid nitrogen, (2) a

cooling rate of 0.01°C/min. to 100°C/

min. and (3) program controlled

supercooling. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, December

16, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–126. Applicant:

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850.

Instrument: IR Mass Spectrometer,

Model Deltaplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan

MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See

notice at 62 FR 2133, January 15, 1997.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) An abundance sensitivity

of 1500 molecules CO2 per mass 44 ion

at the collector, (2) mass range of 1–70

at 3 keV and (3) a viscous gas flow dual

inlet system. Advice received from:

National Institutes of Health, December

16, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–128. Applicant:

Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

59717–0352. Instrument: Real-time

Microbial Analysis System, Model

ChemScan. Manufacturer: Chemunex

SA, France. Intended Use: See notice at

62 FR 2133, January 15, 1997. Reasons:

The foreign instrument provides: (1)

Discrimination of stained bacteria or

other microbes (yeasts, molds, spores)

from non-microbial particles and (2)

concurrent identification and viability

assessment of target species. Advice

received from: National Institutes of

Health, December 16, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–136. Applicant:

University of California, Berkeley,

Berkeley, CA 94720–5600. Instrument:

(4 each) Broadband Seismometers,

Model STS–2. Manufacturer: G.

Streckeisen AG, Switzerland. Intended

Use: See notice at 62 FR 4033, January

28, 1997. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides: (1) A flat velocity

response and output (within 3 dB) over

a range of 120 seconds to 50 Hz and (2)

a high differential voltage range (40

volts peak to peak) for a large dynamic

range. Advice received from: U.S.

Geological Survey, February 24, 1997.

Docket Number: 96–137. Applicant:

Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model

GEO 20–20. Manufacturer: Europa

Scientific Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 4032,

January 28, 1997. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides: (1) An abundance

sensitivity of <10 ppm for CO2—dual

inlet mode, (2) analytical precision of

2S10 for 10 changeovers at natural

abundance and (3) a 120° extended

geometry magnetic sector analyzer.

Advice received from: National

Institutes of Health, January 13, 1997.

A private university research

department, the U.S. Geological Survey

and the National Institutes of Health

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

scientific value to any of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 97–7249 Filed 3–20–97; 8:45 am]

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