[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 197 (Thursday, October 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53168-53169]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25305]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of California 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 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.
    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: 95-060. Applicant: University of California, Santa 
Cruz, CA 95064. Instrument: 5 ea. Seismograph, Model STS-2. 
Manufacturer: G.Streckeisen, Switzerland. Intended 

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Use: See notice at 60 FR 40823, August 10, 1995. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) superior dynamic range, (2) bandwidth from 5.0 
to 0.003 Hz and (3) deployment on the surface. Advice Received From: 
The U.S. Geological Survey, September 8, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-066. Applicant: University of Maryland, College 
Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Sun Photometer and Filters, Model CE 318-1. 
Manufacturer: Cimel Electronique, France. Intended Use: See notice at 
60 FR 42847, August 17, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
measurement of both sun and sky radiance with: (1) microprocessor 
controlled positioning, (2) satellite uplink and (3) spectral filters 
compatible with NASA instruments. Advice Received From: The National 
Weather Service, September 12, 1995.
    The U.S. Geological Survey and The National Weather Service advise 
that (1) these 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.


Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-25305 Filed 10-11-95; 8:45 am]
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