[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 28 (Friday, February 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 7940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3435]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration


University of Wisconsin-Madison, 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: 94-134. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Heating and Cooling Stage for 
Petrographic Microscope, Model THMSG 600. Manufacturer: Linkam 
Scientific Instruments Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice 
at 59 FR 63762, December 9, 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: (1) operation 
without glass in the microscope beam path (no infrared absorption) for 
FTIR spectroscopy, (2) temperature range from -196 deg.C to 600 deg.C 
and (3) computer control for precise regulation of temperature and 
generation of video text overlay on data images. The U.S. Geological 
Survey advised on January 17, 1995 that (1) this capability is 
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. 95-3435 Filed 2-9-95; 8:45 am]
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