[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-11971]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Lehigh University 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: 94-024. Applicant: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
18015. Instrument: Measurement and Analysis of Surface Interactions and
Forces. Manufacturer: Anutech Pty Ltd., Australia. Intended Use: See
notice at 59 FR 13706, March 23, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument
provides measurements of forces and interactions between polymeric
surfaces in the vicinity of each other on a nanometer scale in a
gaseous or liquid environment. Advice Received From: The National
Institute of Standards and Technology, April 21, 1994.
Docket Number: 94-025. Applicant: Princeton University, Princeton,
NJ 08544. Instrument: Calorimetric System, Model STA409C. Manufacturer:
Netzsch.-Geratebau GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR
March 23, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides simultaneous
differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry analysis and
differential thermal analysis with 1 to 2% accuracy. Advice Received
From: Naval Surface Warfare Center, April 25, 1994.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology and Naval
Surface Warfare Center 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. 94-11971 Filed 5-16-94; 8:45 am]
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