[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 45 (Friday, March 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10542-10543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5634]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Penn State University; 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

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Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 96-072R. Applicant: Penn State University, 
University Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Nano Indentor System, Model UMIS 
2001. Manufacturer: CISRO, Australia. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
41773, August 12, 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, was being manufactured in the 
United States at the time the instrument was ordered (September 21, 
1995). Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a spherical indentor to 
permit making stress/strain measurements.
    A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment advised on February 
11, 1997 that (1) this capability is 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 was being manufactured 
in the United States at the time the instrument was ordered.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-5634 Filed 3-6-97; 8:45 am]
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