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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
University of California, San Diego, 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 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: 93-030R. Applicant: University of California, San
Diego, San Diego, CA 92121. Instrument: Wave Measuring Equipment.
Manufacturer: Datawell, BV, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice
at 58 FR 21973, April 26, 1993. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides: (1) more reliable wave direction estimates at frequencies
under 1.0 Hz and over 3.0 Hz with less variability within that range
and (2) better wave spread estimates than comparable domestic
equipment. Advice Received From: National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, June 14, 1993.
Docket Number: 93-148. Applicant: U.S. Department of Commerce,
NOAA, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000. Instrument: Sounder System,
Model EK 500. Manufacturer: Simrad Subsea, Norway. Intended Use: See
notice at 58 FR 68876, December 29, 1993. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides: (1) a split beam (quadrant) transducer, (2) echo
integration and (3) a relational data base processor to assist species
identification. Advice Received From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
February 2, 1994.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service 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.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-5040 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]
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