[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 174 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)] [Notices] [Page 48987] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-23435] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Docket Number: 99-016. Applicant: Purdue University, W. Lafayette, IN 47907-1393. Instrument: ICP Mass Spectrometer, Model PlasmaQuad 3. Manufacturer: VG Elemental, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 36338, July 6, 1999. 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) Determination of six radionuclides (10Be, 14C, 26Al, 36Cl, 41Ca, 129I) for NSF Accelerator Mass Spectrometry Facility, (2) a high sensitivity quadrupole and (3) measurement of more elements than other ICP-mass spectrometers as determined by testing of standard specimen samples. The Department of Energy advised on August 18, 1999 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. 99-23435 Filed 9-8-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P