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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

 Lehigh University 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: 94-024. Applicant: Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 
18015. Instrument: Measurement and Analysis of Surface Interactions and 
Forces. Manufacturer: Anutech Pty Ltd., Australia. Intended Use: See 
notice at 59 FR 13706, March 23, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides measurements of forces and interactions between polymeric 
surfaces in the vicinity of each other on a nanometer scale in a 
gaseous or liquid environment. Advice Received From: The National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, April 21, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-025. Applicant: Princeton University, Princeton, 
NJ 08544. Instrument: Calorimetric System, Model STA409C. Manufacturer: 
Netzsch.-Geratebau GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 
March 23, 1994. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides simultaneous 
differential scanning calorimetry, thermogravimetry analysis and 
differential thermal analysis with 1 to 2% accuracy. Advice Received 
From: Naval Surface Warfare Center, April 25, 1994.
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and Naval 
Surface Warfare Center 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. 94-11971 Filed 5-16-94; 8:45 am]
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