98-17445. Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35911]
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[FR Doc No: 98-17445]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether an 
instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. 
Application may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 4211, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 98-031. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, Department of Chemistry, 9500 Gilman Drive, MS-0358, La Jolla, 
CA 92093-0358. Instrument: Electron Beam Evaporation Source. 
Manufacturer: Oxford Applied Research, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
The instrument will be used to study the atomic structure and magnetic 
properties of nanograin particles of permalloy (NiFe) in a silver 
matrix and in ultra high vacuum. These particles will be capped with Ta 
for studies in air. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
June 11, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-17445 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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