[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2062]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Worcester Polytechnic Institute, et al.; Notice of Consolidated 
Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision consolidated 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, NW., Washington, DC.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, 
for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured 
in the United States.
    Docket Number: 97-089. Applicant: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 
Worcester, MA 01609. Instrument: Fire Modeling Research Apparatus. 
Manufacturer: Fire Testing Technology Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 62 FR 61092, November 14, 1997. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides: (1) anti-vibration mountings on top of the frame 
and in the test area, (2) a pressure transducer to compensate for 
atmospheric pressure fluctuations, (3) an enclosed-case housing for the 
load cell and (4) compatibility with an existing cone calorimeter. 
Advice received from: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
December 24, 1997.
    Docket Number: 97-092. Applicant: University of Wisconsin, Madison, 
WI 53706. Instrument: Flame Ionization Detector System, Model HFR400. 
Manufacturer: Cambustion Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice 
at 62 FR 62287, November 21, 1997. Reasons: The foreign instrument 
provides a time constant of less than 4.0 ms for measuring hydrocarbon 
emissions during transients of a gasoline engine. Advice received from: 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, December 23, 1997.
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology advises that (1) 
the capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above are 
pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows of no 
domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value for the 
intended use of each instrument.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in 
the United States which is of equivalent scientific value to either of 
the foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-2062 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
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