98-27402. Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 197 (Tuesday, October 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 54676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-27402]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether an 
instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Application may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 98-047.  Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. Instrument: Plasma Generating 
Machine, Model SPS-1050. Manufacturer: Sumitomo Coal Mining Co., Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate the phenomena 
of the simultaneous synthesis and densification of hard material by a 
patented field-activated, pressure assisted combustion method that 
consists of exposing elemental powders to a pulsing high current while 
simultaneously subjected to high pressure. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: September 21, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-27402 Filed 10-9-98; 8:45 am]
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