[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11155]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5892]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Federal Highway Administration; 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 96-124. Applicant: Federal Highway Administration, 
McLean, VA 22101-2296. Instrument: ACFM Crack Microgauge, Model U9. 
Manufacturer: Technical Software Consultants, Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 979, January 7, 1997.
    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 a 5 KHz drive 
coil and two directionally sensitive pickup coils employing alternating 
current field measurement to detect and size structural defects. A U.S. 
Department of Energy laboratory 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 is being manufactured 
in the United States.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-5892 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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