[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 808-809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-272]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Cornell University; 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: 97-080. Applicant: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
14853. Instrument: Rapid Mixing Accessory, Model SFA-20/Spex. 
Manufacturer: Hi-Tech Scientific, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See 
notice at 62 FR 52685, October 9, 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: This is a compatible accessory for an existing 
instrument purchased for the use of the applicant. The National

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Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated November 5, 1997, 
that the accessory is pertinent to the intended uses and that it knows 
of no comparable domestic accessory.
    We know of no domestic accessory which can be readily adapted to 
the existing instrument.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-272 Filed 1-6-98; 8:45 am]
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