[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53168-53169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25305]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
University of California 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, N.W., Washington, D.C.
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: 95-060. Applicant: University of California, Santa
Cruz, CA 95064. Instrument: 5 ea. Seismograph, Model STS-2.
Manufacturer: G.Streckeisen, Switzerland. Intended
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Use: See notice at 60 FR 40823, August 10, 1995. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides: (1) superior dynamic range, (2) bandwidth from 5.0
to 0.003 Hz and (3) deployment on the surface. Advice Received From:
The U.S. Geological Survey, September 8, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-066. Applicant: University of Maryland, College
Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Sun Photometer and Filters, Model CE 318-1.
Manufacturer: Cimel Electronique, France. Intended Use: See notice at
60 FR 42847, August 17, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides
measurement of both sun and sky radiance with: (1) microprocessor
controlled positioning, (2) satellite uplink and (3) spectral filters
compatible with NASA instruments. Advice Received From: The National
Weather Service, September 12, 1995.
The U.S. Geological Survey and The National Weather Service advise
that (1) these 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. 95-25305 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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