[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 52686]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-26714]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Oklahoma; 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: 97-007R. Applicant: University of Oklahoma, Norman, 
OK 73019. Instrument: CO2/Far-Infrared Laser System. 
Manufacturer: Edinburgh Instruments, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 62 FR 44949, August 25, 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 structurally 
integrated far-infrared laser directly coupled to a CO2 
pumping laser for superior stability. 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. 97-26714 Filed 10-8-97; 8:45 am]
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