[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: 97-32464]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Los Alamos; 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: 97-055. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Alamos, NM 87545. Instrument: Single Axis Measuring Machine, Model SIP-
550M. Manufacturer: Societe Genevoise d'Instruments de Physique, 
Switzerland. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 41361, August 1, 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 resolution to 
0.01 m with a measuring uncertainty of (0.2+0.4L) m, 
where L = length. The National Institute of Standards and Technology 
advised on November 4, 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. 97-32464 Filed 12-10-97; 8:45 am]
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