[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23105]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
University of California, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision
on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
This is a decision consolidated 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.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below,
for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured
in the United States.
Docket Number: 96-044. Applicant: University of California at Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547. Instrument: Ti:Sapphire Laser.
Manufacturer: MBP Technologies, Inc, Canada. Intended Use: See notice
at 61 FR 28175, June 4, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides:
(1) a pulse energy of 500 mJ/pulse at 10 Hz, (2) a tunable band width
of 650 nm to 1000 nm and (3) a repetition rate of 10 Hz (maximum).
Advice received from: A university-based optical science research
center, August 2, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-059. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Electronic Speckle Pattern
Interferometry System, Model SD-10-S. Manufacturer: Newport Instruments
AG, Switzerland. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 33902, July 1, 1996.
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides measurement of structural
deformations as small as .05 mm over a surface ranging from 30 x 40 mm
to 500 x 600 mm for use in an active noise supression system. Advice
received from: A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment, August 1,
1996.
Docket Number: 96-050. Applicant: University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, MI 48109-2150. Instrument: (1) Infrared Headway Sensor Systems,
Model ODIN 4F MS. Manufacturer: Leica AG, Switzerland. Intended Use:
See notice at 61 FR 30220, June 14, 1996. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides long and short range infrared sensors, a control
algorithm and a driver interface for an ``intelligent'' cruise control
system for automobiles. Advice received from: A private highway safety
research organization, August 1, 1996.
The private organizations we consulted with on these dockets advise
that (1) the capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described
above are pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and (2) they
know of no domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific
value for the intended use of each instrument.
We know of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in
the United States which is of equivalent scientific value to any of the
foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-23105 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
