[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 220 (Friday, November 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 61092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-29957]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 97-089. Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 
100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609. Instrument: Fire Modeling 
Research Apparatus. Manufacturer: Fire Testing Technology Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to determine certain 
fire properties from a particular substance, object or material--
sometimes testing each type of material present in a composite then 
calculating experimental values if the materials were burned together. 
In addition, the instrument will be used for educational purposes in 
the course FPE580F. Special Problems: Fire Science Laboratory providing 
overall instruction and hands-on experience with fire science related 
experimental measurement techniques. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: October 23, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-090. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 
Department of Psychology, N218 Elliott Hall, 75 East River Road, 
Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Visual Stimulus Generator, Model 
VSG2/3S. Manufacturer: Cambridge Research Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used to investigate the sensory 
limitations on letter recognition which involves measuring the spatio 
temporal properties of letter recognition across the human visual 
field. The experiments will tell the size of the visual span (the 
number of letters that can be recognized in a single fixation) for 
different print sizes, contrasts and fixation duration. This data will 
test models that relate letter recognition to reading. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: October 23, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-29957 Filed 11-13-97; 8:45 am]
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