97-25398. University of Georgia; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 50370]
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[FR Doc No: 97-25398]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Georgia; 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: 96-104R. Applicant: University of Georgia, Athens, 
GA 30602. Instrument: Environmental Process Control Laboratory. 
Manufacturer: Minworth Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See 
notice at 62 FR 41360, August 1, 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, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a comprehensive 
mobile laboratory for monitoring the transport and the biochemical 
transformation of carbon-, nitrogen- and phosphorus-bearing materials 
and associated behavior of microbiological organisms in water. A 
domestic manufacturer of similar equipment advised on June 11, 1997 
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.
    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. 97-25398 Filed 9-24-97; 8:45 am]
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