[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 21 (Monday, February 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5363-5364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2483]


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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

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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: 97-102. Applicant: University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 
Engineering Mechanics Department, 212 Bancroft Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-
0347. Instrument: Scanning Acoustic Microscope, Model KSI SAM 2000. 
Manufacturer: Kramer Scientific Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used for acoustic wave analysis and imaging of 
advanced materials, composites and coatings. The objective of the 
investigation is detection of subsurface, optically invisible 
microcracks and localized stiffness analysis. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: December 16, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-103. Applicant: The Ohio State University, 477 
Watts Hall, 2041 College Road, Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model CM200. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for morphological and 
structural studies of ceramics and metals, including high-temperature 
superconductors, high-temperature metal alloys, evaporated metal thin 
films, silicon bicrystals, soils and geological minerals, polymers and 
possibly some biological samples. The instrument will also be used for 
teaching purposes in microscopy classes and individual training of 
faculty, staff and students. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: December 17, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-104. Applicant: University of Colorado, 
Department of Buying and Contracting, Regent Administrative Center, 
Room 1B29, Campus Box 8, Boulder, CO 80309-0008. Instrument: 
Experimental Set-ups (Frames & Trusses). Manufacturer: Hi-Tech 
Scientific Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used for teaching structural engineering to junior level undergraduate 
students in civil, environmental and architectural engineering. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: December 17, 1997.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-2483 Filed 1-30-98; 8:45 am]
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