[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23105]


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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: 96-044. Applicant: University of California at Los 
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547. Instrument: Ti:Sapphire Laser. 
Manufacturer: MBP Technologies, Inc, Canada. Intended Use: See notice 
at 61 FR 28175, June 4, 1996. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: 
(1) a pulse energy of 500 mJ/pulse at 10 Hz, (2) a tunable band width 
of 650 nm to 1000 nm and (3) a repetition rate of 10 Hz (maximum). 
Advice received from: A university-based optical science research 
center, August 2, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-059. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Electronic Speckle Pattern 
Interferometry System, Model SD-10-S. Manufacturer: Newport Instruments 
AG, Switzerland. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 33902, July 1, 1996. 
Reasons: The foreign instrument provides measurement of structural 
deformations as small as .05 mm over a surface ranging from 30 x 40 mm 
to 500 x 600 mm for use in an active noise supression system. Advice 
received from: A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment, August 1, 
1996.

    Docket Number: 96-050. Applicant: University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, MI 48109-2150. Instrument: (1) Infrared Headway Sensor Systems, 
Model ODIN 4F MS. Manufacturer: Leica AG, Switzerland. Intended Use: 
See notice at 61 FR 30220, June 14, 1996. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides long and short range infrared sensors, a control 
algorithm and a driver interface for an ``intelligent'' cruise control 
system for automobiles. Advice received from: A private highway safety 
research organization, August 1, 1996.
    The private organizations we consulted with on these dockets 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 any of the 
foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-23105 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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