[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 244 (Friday, December 19, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 66603] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-33238] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Purdue 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, N.W., Washington, D.C. Docket Number: 97-046R. Applicant: Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907-1064. Instrument: Stopped-Flow Spectrophotometer/ Fluorimeter System, Model SF-61DX2/X. Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 58706, October 30, 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) Double- mixing of up to four independent solutions, (2) a wide range of aging times and (3) a microvolume rapid quench-flow system. The National Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated November 5, 1997 that (1) these capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows of no domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument for the applicant's intended use. 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. 97-33238 Filed 12-18-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P