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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

University of California, San Diego, 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 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: 93-030R. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, San Diego, CA 92121. Instrument: Wave Measuring Equipment. 
Manufacturer: Datawell, BV, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 58 FR 21973, April 26, 1993. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides: (1) more reliable wave direction estimates at frequencies 
under 1.0 Hz and over 3.0 Hz with less variability within that range 
and (2) better wave spread estimates than comparable domestic 
equipment. Advice Received From: National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, June 14, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-148. Applicant: U.S. Department of Commerce, 
NOAA, Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000. Instrument: Sounder System, 
Model EK 500. Manufacturer: Simrad Subsea, Norway. Intended Use: See 
notice at 58 FR 68876, December 29, 1993. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) a split beam (quadrant) transducer, (2) echo 
integration and (3) a relational data base processor to assist species 
identification. Advice Received From: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
February 2, 1994.
    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service 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 either of 
the foreign instruments.
Pamela Woods
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 94-5040 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]
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