[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 5619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-2879]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of Iowa Hospitals, et al.; Notice of Decision on 
Applications for Duty-free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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, NW., Washington, DC.
    Decision: Denied. Applicants have failed to establish that domestic 
instruments of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments 
for the intended purposes are not available.
    Reasons: Section 301.5(e)(4) of the regulations requires the denial 
of applications that have been denied without prejudice to resubmission 
if they are not resubmitted within the specified time period. This is 
the case for the following dockets.
    Docket Number: 96-017. Applicant: University of Iowa Hospitals and 
Clinics, Iowa City, IA 52242. Instrument: [18F] Synthesis Module. 
Manufacturer: Nuclear Interface GmbH, Germany. Date of Denial without 
Prejudice to Resubmission: August 21, 1996.
    Docket Number: 95-109. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94722. Instrument: Energy Dispersive 
Spectrometer. Manufacturer: Oxford Instruments, United Kingdom.
    Date of Denial without Prejudice to Resubmission: April 2, 1996.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-2879 Filed 2-5-97; 8:45 am]
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