[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4219-4220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2057]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Pennsylvania State University at Erie, et al.; Notice of
Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific
Instruments
This is a decision consolidated 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, NW., Washington, DC.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below,
for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured
in the United States.
Docket Number: 97-079. Applicant: Pennsylvania State University at
Erie, Erie, PA 16563-1702. Instrument: Thermodynamic Measuring
Equipment, Model pvT 100. Manufacturer: SWO Polymertechnik GmbH,
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 52685, October 9, 1997.
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides the capability to perform
thermal conductivity and pvT measurements. Advice received from:
National Institute of Standards and Technology, December 12, 1997.
Docket Number: 97-081. Applicant: University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3255. Instrument: X-Ray
Diffractometer with Accessory, Model DIP-2020 V. Manufacturer: Nonius-
Enraf, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 52685,
October 9, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a large-area,
on-line imaging plate detector for x-ray diffraction using 2 sheets at
200 mm. Advice received from: Domestic manufacturer of similar
equipment, December 12, 1997.
The National Institute of Standards of Technology and a domestic
manufacturer of similar equipment
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advise that (1) the capabilities of each of the foreign instruments
described above are pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and
(2) they know of no domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent
scientific value for the intended use of each instrument.
We know of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in
the United States which is of equivalent scientific value to either of
the foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-2057 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
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