99-693. State University of New Jersey; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


State University of New Jersey; 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: 98-053. Applicant: The State University of New 
Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Instrument: Superfine Mill and Crushing 
Ring, Model MIC-2. Manufacturer: NARA Machinery Co. Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 63292, November 12, 1998.
    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 synthesis of 
materials from powders at room temperature using mechanochemical 
reaction in a high stress field. The National Institute of Standards 
and Technology advised December 21, 1998 that (1) this capability is 
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. 99-693 Filed 1-12-99; 8:45 am]
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