Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia 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 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: 95-005. Applicant: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory

of Columbia University, Palisades, NY [[Page 20967]] 10964-8000.

Instrument: Mass Spectrometer, Model VG 5400. Manufacturer: Fisons

Instruments, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 9662,

February 21, 1995.

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)

sensitivity equal to or greater than 2.0 x 10-4 A/torr at 800

A trap current and an air sample of 0.4 cc will produce a

3He count rate of at least 1700 cps and (2) the precision of

measurement of the 3He/4He ratio will be 2.0%

(1) on ten measurements of the 0.4 cc STP air sample as

defined above.

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. 95-10528 Filed 4-27-95; 8:45 am]

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