[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 66 (Monday, April 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 16549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8768]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Arizona; 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: 96-129. Applicant: University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 
85721. Instrument: Surface Forces Apparatus, Model Mark 4. 
Manufacturer: Australian National University, Australia. Intended Use: 
See notice at 62 FR 4032, January 28, 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 measurement of 
the forces between two surfaces in vapor or liquid with a sensitivity 
of 10 nN and a distance resolution of about 0.1 nm with a positioning 
accuracy to 50 nm. This capability is pertinent to the applicant's 
intended purposes and 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. 97-8768 Filed 4-4-97; 8:45 am]
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