99-5021. University of Colorado; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Colorado; 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 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 98-064. Applicant: University of Colorado, Denver, 
CO 80217. Instrument: Ammonia Flux Analyzer, Model AMANDA-100. 
Manufacturer: ECN Fuels, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 
63 FR 71268, December 24, 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: (1) 2-minute 
response time, (2) a detection limit of 10.0 ng of NH3/m \3\ 
and (3) portable deployment. A domestic manufacturer of similar 
equipment advised February 8, 1999 that (1) these capabilities are 
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. 99-5021 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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