98-13309. University of Texas at Austin; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27563]
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[FR Doc No: 98-13309]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Texas at Austin; 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: 98-001. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin, 
Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: IR Image Furnace, Model SC-M35HD. 
Manufacturer: NEC Nichiden Machinery Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See 
notice at 63 FR 8164, February 18, 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 growth of oxide 
monocrystals using the traveling floating melt zone method. The 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration advised February 2, 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 (comparable case).
    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. 98-13309 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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