[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 238 (Tuesday, December 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 63689]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-30092]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Federal Highway Administration, 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: 95-084. Applicant: Federal Highway Administration, 
McLean, VA 22101. Instrument: Automatic Non-Contact Aggregate 
Graduation Device, Model VDG 40. Manufacturer: Yernaux Pesage, France. 
Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 50555, September 29, 1995.
    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 
characterization of the size and shape of particles in aggregate paving 
mixtures using a special light and videocamera, a hopper, vibrating 
feeder and rotating drum. The Army Corps of Engineers and a university 
research department advise that (1) these capabilities are pertinent to 
the applicant's intended purpose and (2) they know 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.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-30092 Filed 12-11-95; 8:45 am]
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