[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 162 (Friday, August 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44840-44841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-22546]
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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: 98-041. Applicant: University of Vermont, Department
of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, 438A Stafford Hall, Burlington, VT
05405-0084. Instrument: Roentgen Stereophotogrammetric Analysis System.
Manufacturer: RSA BioMedical Innovations AB, Sweden. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to make measurements of the biomechanical
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behavior of different joints (ankle, knee, shoulder, spine, etc.) thus
allowing the study of different types of joint trauma and surgical
repair of those joints. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: August 3, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-042. Applicant: Louisiana State University,
Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, 6980 Jefferson
Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806. Instrument: Scanning Tunneling
Microscope. Manufacturer: Scideco I/S, Denmark. Intended Use: The
instrument will be used to uncover new physical and chemical phenomena
at the surface of or in thin films. This will include elucidation of
both electronic and atomic structure of material ranging from clean
metal surfaces, metal-on-metal films, metal-on-semiconductor thin
films, to thin film polymers. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: August 6, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-22546 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]
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