[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 164 (Monday, August 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 44949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-22410]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 97-007R. Applicant: University of Oklahoma, 
Purchasing Department, 660 Parrington Oval, Room 321, Norman, OK 73019. 
Instrument: CO2/Far-Infrared Laser System. Manufacturer: 
Edinburgh Instruments, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: Original 
notice of this resubmitted application was published in the Federal 
Register of February 27, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-068. Applicant: University of Florida, Geology 
Department, 1112 Turlington Hall, Gainesville, FL 32611. Instrument: IR 
Mass Spectrometer, Model DELTAplus. Manufacturer: Finnigan MAT, 
Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for studies of 
naturally occurring materials such as ocean and lake bottom sediments, 
rock minerals, fossils and water. Experiments will be conducted to 
ascertain how isotope ratios of carbon, oxygen and nitrogen have varied 
through time or have been altered or how they vary geographically. In 
addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in the 
courses GLY 6268C Isotope Geology and GLY 6297 Topics in Geochemistry 
providing students with hands-on experience in the operation of stable 
isotope ratio mass spectrometers. Application accepted by Commissioner 
of Customs: July 31, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-22410 Filed 8-22-97; 8:45 am]
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