Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 112 / Monday, June 10, 1996 / Notices 29347

application by the U.S. Customs

Service.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 96–14620 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–F

University of South Florida, 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: 95–041R. Applicant:

University of South Florida, St.

Petersburg, FL 33701. Instrument: ICP

Mass Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad.

Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: See

notice at 60 FR 31144, June 13, 1995.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) sensitivity of 20×107

counts sec¥1 ppm¥1 at mass 115, (2) an

abundance sensitivity adjustable

between 5×10¥7 and 1×10¥7 at mass 23,

and (3) a detection limit of 2 ppt for Be.

Advice Received From: The National

Institutes of Health, March 21, 1996.

Docket Number: 95–113. Applicant:

Albert Einstein College of Medicine,

Bronx, NY 10461. Instrument: Xenon

Flash Lamp. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech

Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:

See notice at 60 FR 64157, December 14,

1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) high-precision quartz

optics to permit transmission rates of

97–99% in the UV range, (2)

optocoupled isolation and shielded

electronics for low-noise, and (3)

integrated lamphouse with optics and

changeable filters. Advice Received

From: The National Institutes of Health,

March 28, 1996.

Docket Number: 95–120. Applicant:

Albert Einstein College of Medicine,

Bronx, NY 10461. Instrument: StoppedFlow Spectrophotometer, Model

SX.17MV. Manufacturer: Applied

Photophysics Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 4768,

February 8, 1996. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides: (1) an optical

diode array for collecting time

dependent absorption spectra from

single drive experiments, (2) full

anaerobic capability, and (3) multitasking software with numerical

integration capabilities. Advice

Received From: The National Institutes

of Health, March 20, 1996.

Docket Number: 95–121. Applicant:

University of California, Santa Barbara,

Santa Barbara, CA 93106. Instrument:

RF Reactive Atom Source.

Manufacturer: Oxford Applied

Research, United Kingdom. Intended

Use: See notice at 61 FR 6629, February

21, 1996. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides an ion beam with:

(1) less kinetic energy to minimize

damage to nitride thin-film substrates,

and (2) less electromagnetic interference

with associated instruments than

electron cyclotron resonance ion

sources. Advice Received From: The

Naval Research Laboratory and a

domestic manufacturer of related

instruments, March 28, 1996.

Docket Number: 95–125. Applicant:

Pennsylvania State University,

University Park, PA 16802. Instrument:

Dilution Refrigerator/Gradient Magnet

System, Model KelvinOx100.

Manufacturer: Oxford Instruments, Inc.,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: See

notice at 61 FR 6629, February 21, 1996.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) a superconducting magnet

yielding up to 30T/m magnetic field

gradient in a 8T homogeneous field, (2)

13mm access port for top-loading

samples, and (3) IEEE interface for

computer controlled operation. Advice

Received From: The National Institutes

of Health, March 20, 1996.

Docket Number: 95–126. Applicant:

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

32611–7200. Instrument: Electron

Paramagnetic Resonance Spectrometer,

Model ESP 300E–10/2.7. Manufacturer:

Bruker Analytische Messtechnik GmbH,

Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61

FR 6630, February 21, 1996. Reasons:

The foreign instrument provides: (1) the

ability to perform time-resolved EPR

experiments at 10 ns time-resolution, (2)

preamplifier bandwith up to 200 MHz,

and (3) a microwave source with signal/

noise of 300:1 and wide dynamic range

to 60 dB. Advice Received From: The

National Institutes of Health, March 21,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–002. Applicant:

DHHS/Food and Drug Administration,

Jefferson, AR 72079. Instrument: ICP

Mass Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad

XR. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: See

notice at 61 FR 8041, March 1, 1996.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides a time resolved data

acquisition and analysis system and

software permitting capture of mass

spectra in time slices. Advice Received

From: The National Institutes of Health,

March 25, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–004. Applicant:

University of California at Berkeley,

Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: Mass/

Energy Spectrometer. Manufacturer:

Hiden Analytical Ltd., United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 8042,

March 1, 1996. Reasons: The foreign

instrument provides a specialized mass

spectrometer for diagnostic analysis of

low energy (0–30 eV kinetic energy) and

high purity (>99.9999%) activated

nitrogen sources for the growth of GaN

thin films. Advice Received From: The

Naval Research Laboratory, March 28,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–007. Applicant:

U. S. Department of Commerce, NOAA,

Boulder, CO 80303. Instrument: Stable

Isotope Mass Spectrometer, Model

OPTIMA. Manufacturer: Fisons

Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended

Use: See notice at 61 FR 8042, March 1,

1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) a dual viscous inlet to

permit analysis of up to 56 samples

without the need for operator

intervention, (2) absolute sensitivity for

CO2 of one mass-44 ion per 1000

molecules, and (3) instrument

resolution (M/δM) equal to or greater

than 100 utilizing 10% valley

definition. Advice Received From: The

National Institutes of Health, March 27,

1996.

Docket Number: 96–010. Applicant:

University of New Mexico,

Albuquerque, NM 87131. Instrument:

Mass Spectrometer, Model VG Sector

54. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: See

notice at 61 FR 11613, March 21, 1996.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides: (1) a wide aperture retarding

potential filter with a sensitivity of 20

ppb, (2) a Daly multiplier ion-counting

detector with additional analog mode

capability, and (3) gain stability of better

than 0.1%/hr. Advice Received From:

The National Institutes of Health, March

27, 1996.

Docket Number: 96–011. Applicant:

National Institute of Standards and

Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899–

0001. Instrument: Laser Tracker, Model

SMART 310. Manufacturer: Leica Inc.,

Switzerland. Intended Use: See notice at

61 FR 11614, March 21, 1996. Reasons:

The foreign instrument provides an offthe-shelf servo-controlled tracking,

laser-based interferometric coordinate

measuring system of proprietary design

for remotely measuring the dimensional

accuracy of large objects. Advice
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Received From: The National Institutes

of Health, March 27, 1996.

The National Institutes of Health, the

Naval Research Laboratory, and a

domestic manufacturer of related

instruments 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. 96–14621 Filed 6–7–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

[C–559–001]

Certain Refrigeration Compressors

from the Republic of Singapore;

Preliminary Results of Countervailing

Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration/Import Administration/

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of

Countervailing Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce

is conducting an administrative review

of the agreement suspending the

countervailing duty investigation on

certain refrigeration compressors from

the Republic of Singapore. We

preliminarily determine that the

signatories have complied with the

terms of the suspension agreement

during the period April 1, 1993, through

March 31, 1994. We invite interested

parties to comment on these preliminary

results. Parties who submit arguments

in this proceeding are requested to

submit with their argument (1) a

statement of the issue and (2) a brief

summary of the argument.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick

Johnson or Jean Kemp, Office of

Agreements Compliance, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–3793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On November 30, 1994, the

Government of the Republic of

Singapore (GOS), Matsushita

Refrigeration Industries (Singapore) Pte.

Ltd. (MARIS), and Asia Matsushita

Electric (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (AMS),

requested an administrative review of

the agreement suspending the

countervailing duty investigation on

certain refrigeration compressors from

the Republic of Singapore (48 FR 51167,

November 7, 1983). We initiated the

review, covering the period April 1,

1993, through March 31, 1994, on

December 15, 1994 (59 FR 64650–1).

The Department of Commerce (the

Department) sent out a questionnaire on

February 27, 1995, and received a joint

questionnaire response from the GOS,

MARIS, and AMS, on April 26, 1995.

Subsequently, the Department sent out

a supplemental questionnaire on July

31, 1995 and received a joint

supplemental questionnaire response on

August 25, 1995. Finally, the

Department sent out a second

supplemental questionnaire on

September 21, 1995 and received a joint

supplemental questionnaire response on

October 2, 1995.

The final results of the last

administrative review in this case were

published on March 13, 1996 (60 FR

10315–18), which is on file in the

Central Records Unit (room B–099 of the

Main Commerce Building).

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute and to the

Department’s regulations are in

reference to the provisions as they

existed on December 31, 1994. However,

references to the Department’s

Countervailing Duties; Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking and Request for

Public Comments (54 FR 23366; May 31,

1989) (Proposed Regulations), are

provided solely for further explanation

of the Department’s countervailing duty

practice. Although the Department has

withdrawn the particular rulemaking

proceeding pursuant to which the

Proposed Regulations were issued, the

subject matter of these regulations is

being considered in connection with an

ongoing rulemaking proceeding which,

among other things, is intended to

conform the Department’s regulations to

the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

See 60 FR 80 (January 3, 1995).

Scope of Review

Imports covered by this review are

shipments of hermetic refrigeration

compressors rated not over one-quarter

horsepower from Singapore. This

merchandise is currently classified

under Harmonized Tariff Schedule

(HTS) item number 8414.30.40. The

HTS item number is provided for

convenience and Customs purposes.

The written description remains

dispositive.

The review period is April 1, 1993

through March 31, 1994, and includes 6

programs. The review covers one

producer and one exporter of the subject

merchandise, MARIS and AMS,

respectively. These two companies,

along with the GOS, are the signatories

to the suspension agreement.

Under the terms of the suspension

agreement, the GOS agrees to offset

completely the amount of the net

bounty or grant determined by the

Department in this proceeding to exist

with respect to the subject merchandise.

The offset entails the collection by the

GOS of an export charge applicable to

the subject merchandise exported on or

after the effective date of the agreement.

See Certain Refrigeration Compressors

from the Republic of Singapore:

Suspension of Countervailing Duty

Investigation, 48 FR 51167, 51170

(November 7, 1983).

Analysis of Programs

(1) The Economic Expansion Incentives

Act—Part VI

The Production for Export Programme

under Part VI of the Economic

Expansion Incentives Act allows a 90-

percent tax exemption on a company’s

export profit if the GOS designates a

company as an export enterprise. In the

investigation, the Department

preliminarily found this program to be

countervailable because ‘‘this tax

exemption is provided only to certified

export enterprises.’’ See Preliminary

Affirmative Countervailing Duty

Determination: Certain Refrigeration

Compressors from the Republic of

Singapore, 48 FR 39109, 39110 (August

29, 1983). MARIS is designated as an

export enterprise and used this tax

exemption during the period of review.

AMS was not designated an export

enterprise under Part VI of the

Economic Expansion Incentives Act for

the period of review.

According to the Export Enterprise

Certificate awarded to MARIS in a letter

dated May 12, 1981, MARIS is to receive

this benefit on the production of

compressors, electrical parts and

accessories for refrigerators, and plastic

refrigerators. To calculate the benefit,

we divided the tax savings claimed by

MARIS under this program by the f.o.b.

value of total exports of products

receiving the benefit, for the period of

review.

MARIS’ response to the Department’s

countervailing duty questionnaire for

this review indicated that MARIS

deducted export charges levied

pursuant to the suspension agreement in