98-18306. Montana State University-Bozeman; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 132 (Friday, July 10, 1998)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Montana State University-Bozeman; 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: 98-010. Applicant: Montana State University-Bozeman, 
Bozeman, MT 59717. Instrument: Optical Helium Cryostat. Manufacturer: 
Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, C.I.S. 
Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 12451, March 13, 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: (1) Rapid 
cool-down (30-60 min.), (2) minimal initial vacuum (10-3 
Torr), (3) portable operation and (4) low evaporation (2-3 liters per 
cooling cycle). The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
advised June 25, 1998 that (1) These capabilities are 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. 98-18306 Filed 7-9-98; 8:45 am]
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