[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 238 (Thursday, December 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 65245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-32463]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 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 & Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 97-063. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: (2) Gas Composition Analyzers, 
Model Epison III. Manufacturer: Thomas Swan & Co., Ltd., United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 42237, August 6, 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, was being manufactured in the 
United States at the time the foreign instrument was ordered (April 2, 
1997). Reasons: The foreign instrument provides non-invasive testing of 
thin film surfaces in feedback control mode.
    The National Science Foundation, Center for Interfacial Engineering 
advised on October 4, 1996 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 (comparable case).
    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 of order.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-32463 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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