98-31553. Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 227 (Wednesday, November 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65173-65174]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-31553]


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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

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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: 98-058. Applicant: University of Hawaii, 1000 Pope 
Road, MSB 317, Honolulu, HI 96822. Instrument: Directional Wave Buoy. 
Manufacturer: Datawell bv, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used in support of ongoing research regarding the 
refraction, diffraction and reflection of sea and swell around the 
Hawaiian Islands. Two ongoing projects include: examination of wave-
driven sediment transport at Kailua Bay and evaluation of various wave 
modeling strategies to predict nearshore waves around island coasts. 
Both require directional wave information in the open ocean. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 3, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-31553 Filed 11-24-98; 8:45 am]
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