98-19401. Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments  

  • [Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
    [Notices]
    [Pages 39072-39073]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 98-19401]
    
    
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    DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
    
    International Trade Administration
    
    
    Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
    
        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 
    instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
    the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are 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, D.C. 20230. 
    Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
    4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
    N.W., Washington, D.C.
        Docket Number: 98-033. Applicant: U.S. Environmental Protection 
    Agency, 200 S.W. 35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333. Instrument: Nutrient 
    Monitor with Stainless Steel Mooring-frame-in-line. Manufacturer: W.S. 
    Ocean Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:
    
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    The instrument will be used for studies of dissolved nitrate in coastal 
    estuaries or seawater. Experiments will be conducted at high tide to 
    determine the quantity of nutrients entering from the ocean and at low 
    tide to determine the quantity of nitrate flowing down river. In 
    addition, the instrument will be used to train students for ocean 
    nutrient analyses. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
    June 25, 1998.
    
        Docket Number: 98-034. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, Mechanical 
    Engineering Department, Box 1592, Station B, Nashville, TN 37235. 
    Instrument: Excimer Laser, Model COMPex 150T. Manufacturer: Lambda 
    Physik, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used 
    for velocity measurements of gaseous flowfields using photolytic flow 
    tagging and combustion properties measurements in high temperature 
    reacting, gaseous flowfields. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
    Customs: July 1, 1998.
    Frank W. Creel,
    Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
    [FR Doc. 98-19401 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
    BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
07/21/1998
Department:
International Trade Administration
Entry Type:
Notice
Document Number:
98-19401
Pages:
39072-39073 (2 pages)
PDF File:
98-19401.pdf