98-10411. University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 76 (Tuesday, April 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19714-19715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10411]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Nebraska-Lincoln; 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, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 97-102. Applicant: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 
Lincoln, NE 68588-0347. Instrument: Scanning Acoustic Microscope, Model 
KSI SAM 2000. Manufacturer: Kramer Scientific Instruments, Germany.

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Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 5364, February 2, 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 micron-scale 
resolution using operation at 1.0 GHz for local stiffness analysis of 
materials. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration advised 
March 26, 1998 that (1) this capability is 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. 98-10411 Filed 4-20-98; 8:45 am]
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