[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 127 (Monday, July 1, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 33903]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16615]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The Pennsylvania State University, 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 AM and 5:00 PM in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 95-122. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State 
University, University Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Trace Gas 
Preconcentrator. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 61 FR 6629, February 21, 1996. Advice received from: The 
National Institutes of Health, March 20, 1996.
    Docket Number: 95-123. Applicant: Carnegie Institution of 
Washington, Washington, DC 20015-1305. Instrument: Upgrade of 252 Mass 
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 61 FR 6629, February 21, 1996. Advice received from: The 
National Institutes of Health, March 20, 1996.
    Docket Number: 95-128. Applicant: University of Maryland at College 
Park, College Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Extended SpectraKinetics 
Photomultiplier, Model SK.1E. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 6630, February 21, 
1996. Advice received from: The National Institutes of Health, March 
21, 1996.
    Docket Number: 95-129. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Rapid Scanning Diode 
Array, Model MG 6040. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 6630, February 21, 1996. Advice 
received from: The National Institutes of Health, March 21, 1996.
    Docket Number: 95-130. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Upgraded Pulse Compressor, Model DMP-
100. Manufacturer: Microlase Optical Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 6630, February 21, 1996. Advice 
received from: The National Institutes of Health, March 21, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-001. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, CA 95616-8605. Instrument: Water Gas Phase Equilibration System. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
8041, March 1, 1996. Advice received from: The National Institutes of 
Health, March 25, 1996.
    Docket Number: 96-013. Applicant: Northern Illinois University, 
DeKalb, IL 60115-2862. Instrument: Diode-Array Detector for Stopped-
Flow Spectrometer, Model PDA.1. Manufacturer: Applied Photophysics, 
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 11614, March 
21, 1996. Advice received from: The National Institutes of Health, 
March 27, 1996.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments, for the 
purposes for which the instruments are intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States. Reasons: These are compatible 
accessories for instruments previously imported for the use of the 
applicants. In each case, the instrument and accessory were made by the 
same manufacturer. The National Institutes of Health advises that the 
accessories are pertinent to the intended uses and that it knows of no 
comparable domestic accessories.
    We know of no domestic accessories which can be readily adapted to 
the previously imported instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-16615 Filed 6-28-96; 8:45 am]
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