[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 28 (Tuesday, February 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 6216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3359]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of Wyoming; 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: 96-117. Applicant: University of Wyoming, Laramie, 
WY 82071-3006. Instrument: Electron Microprobe, Model JXA-8900/5CH. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
66017, December 16, 1996.
    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 high accuracy 
elemental analysis of surface microareas with a scanning image 
magnification of  x  40 to 300 000 (WD: 11 mm) and a secondary electron 
image resolution to 6 nm. The National Institute of Standards and 
Technology 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. 97-3359 Filed 2-10-97; 8:45 am]
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