98-22438. University of California, San Diego; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 161 (Thursday, August 20, 1998)]
[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 98-22438]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, San Diego; 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: 98-031. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0358. Instrument: Electron Beam Evaporation 
Source. Manufacturer: Oxford Applied Research, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 63 FR 35911, July 1, 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) four 
pockets to be used with three rods for simultaneous evaporation of 
three elements and (2) built-in flux monitors for each pocket. The 
National Institute of Standards and Technology advises 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 (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. 98-22438 Filed 8-19-98; 8:45 am]
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