[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] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-F