[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 178 (Thursday, September 14, 1995)] [Notices] [Pages 47735-47736] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 95-22901] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Masonic Medical Research Lab., 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 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 Number: 95-020. Applicant: Masonic Medical Research Lab., Utica, NY 13501-1787. Instrument: Xenon Flashlamp System, Model XF-10. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 19572, April 19, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) a high intensity (300J) UV source with a bandwidth of 340-360 nm and (2) an intensity-stepped power supply. Advice Received From: The National Institutes of Health, July 10, 1995. Docket Number: 95-021. Applicant: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118. Instrument: Ultra Sensitive State Fluorimeter with Accessories, Model FS900CD. Manufacturer: Edinburgh Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 20967, April 28, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) ultra sensitive UV/ VIS/IR detection, (2) 450W xenon source and (3) a high resolution monochromator with wavelength accuracy of0.2 nm. Advice Received From: The National Institutes of Health, July 10, 1995. Docket Number: 95-024. Applicant: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Narragansett, RI 02882. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG Optima. Manufacturer: Fisons Instruments, Inc., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 20968, April 28, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides sample sensitivity of 1 microgram for both carbon and nitrogen trace concentration gaseous analysis. Advice Received From: The National Institutes of Health, July 11, 1995. Docket Number: 95-026. Applicant: Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118. Instrument: Lifetime CD Spectrometer, Model FL 900. Manufacturer: Edinburgh Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 20968, April 28, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) a small lamp pulse width of less than 1 ns, (2) high intensity lamp excitation with short pulse width, and (3) superior stray light rejection by the instrument's monochromator. Advice [[Page 47736]] Received From: The National Institutes of Health, July 11, 1995. Docket Number: 95-031. Applicant: University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-7515. Instrument: Monocular Oculometer for the Human Eye. Manufacturer: Dr. Bouis, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 24838, May 10, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides measurement of horizontal eye movement at a scan rate of 4000/sec. Advice Received From: The National Institutes of Health, July 12, 1995. 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. 95-22901 Filed 9-13-95; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M