[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 2739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-692]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of California, 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: 94-125. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, CA 92121. Instrument: Seasor System. Manufacturer: Chelsea 
Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 59 FR 
59212, November 16, 1994.
    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 an instrument 
platform that can be towed to depths of 400 m at speeds to 10 knots 
with a dive/climb rate to 2.5 m/second. A university research 
department advised December 14, 1994 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.


Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-692 Filed 1-10-95; 8:45 am]
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