97-22691. University of New Mexico Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 165 (Tuesday, August 26, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 45232]
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[FR Doc No: 97-22691]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of New Mexico 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: 97-043. Applicant: University of New Mexico, 
Albuquerque, NM 87131-6041. Instrument: X-Ray Photoelectron 
Spectrometer, Model AXIS HSi. Manufacturer: Kratos Analytical, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 32766, June 17, 1997.
    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, was being manufactured in the 
United States at the time of purchase (December 19, 1996).
    Reasons: The foreign instrument provides magnetic charge 
equalization for uniform charge compensation across the sample surface. 
The U.S. Department of Energy advises that (1) this capability is 
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 at the time of 
purchase.
    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. 97-22691 Filed 8-25-97; 8:45 am]
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