[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 47884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23108]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

AURA, Inc.; Notice Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of 
Scientific Instrument

    This is a decision 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 AM and 5:00 PM in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 96-074. Applicant: The Association of Universities 
for Research in Astronomy, Inc., Washington, DC 20036. Instrument: (2) 
8M Optical Telescope Primary Mirrors. Manufacturer: REOSC Optique, 
France. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 41774, August 12, 1996. 
Reasons: The foreign instrumentation consists of two eight-meter 
mirrors with (1) image resolution approaching 0.1 arcsec at 
2.2m wavelength, with near diffraction limited imaging at 
longer wavelengths, (2) optical images of < 0.3 arcsec in size and (3) 
a contribution to total IR emissivity of  4%.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as the instrument is intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States.
    The National Optical Astronomy Observatories advises that (1) these 
capabilities are 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.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-23108 Filed 9-10-96; 8:45 am]
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