[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13598-13599]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7248]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Oklahoma 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

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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 l 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.
[FR Doc. 97-7248 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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