[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 74 (Thursday, April 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 18749]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9965]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Washington University; Notice of Decision on Application for 
Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made 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.
    Docket Number: 96-136. Applicant: Washington University, St. Louis, 
MO 63130-4899. Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model MAT 252. 
Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 
5619, February 6, 1997.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) Automated 
preparation and isotopic analysis of carbonate, CO2 and O2 
microsamples, (2) an ion collection system with 460 mm deflection 
radius and (3) mass range of 1-150 at 10 kV. These capabilities are 
pertinent to the applicant's intended purposes and we know of no other 
instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value to the foreign 
instrument which is being manufactured in the United States.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-9965 Filed 4-16-97; 8:45 am]
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