[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 36 (Tuesday, February 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 9198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-4694]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Vermont; 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: 97-098. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: Special Laboratory Glass. 
Manufacturer: Louwers Hapert Glasstechnics BV, The Netherlands. 
Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 809, January 7, 1998.
    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 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated January 5, 1998, 
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. 98-4694 Filed 2-23-98; 8:45 am]
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