[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 199 (Monday, October 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 53587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-25605]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

The University of Iowa, 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: 95-044. Applicant: The University of Iowa, Iowa 
City, IA 52242. Instrument: Laser Light Scattering Correlator and 
Monomode Fiber Optical Goniometer System. Manufacturer: ALV - Laser 
Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 
33190, June 27, 1995. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) 
simultaneous measurements of dynamic light scattering and static light 
scattering, and (2) a monomode fiber optical collection system. Advice 
Received From: National Institutes of Health, September 14, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-064. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Force and Moment Wind Tunnel 
Balance. Manufacturer: Aertect A.T.E. Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 60 FR 40824, August 10, 1995. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) capability to change load ranges without 
removing load cells, (2) load cell and attack angle accuracy of 0.05% 
at full scale range and (3) computer - controlled angle of attack. 
Advice Received From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
September 21, 1995.
    The National Institutes of Health and National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration 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.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-25605 Filed 10-13-95; 8:45 am]
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