[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 173 (Thursday, September 5, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 46782] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-22685] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Carnegie Institution of Washington, 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, 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: 96-021. Applicant: Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model IMS 6F. Manufacturer: CAMECA, France. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 25622, May 22, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a mass spectrometer with spherical ion optics for imaging and analysis of trace elements and isotopes. Docket Number: 96-049. Applicant: University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG Sector 54. Manufacturer: VG Isotech, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 30220, June 14, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) Seven Faraday collectors and an ion counting Daly detector, (2) thermal ionization of solid samples and (3) negative ion operation. Docket Number: 96-055. Applicant: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT 252. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 30221, June 14, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a multielement multicollector and an external precision of 0.15 per mil STP for gas samples as small as 100cc. 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. [FR Doc. 96-22685 Filed 9-4-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P