[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-10996]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, San Diego; 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: 98-008. Applicant: University of California, San 
Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-0359. Instrument: Imaging Plate X-ray 
Detector for Protein Crystallography. Manufacturer: MAR Research, 
Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 11870, March 11, 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: The foreign instrument provides:
    (1) High efficiency detection of molybdenum K x-rays at 
resolution to 0.12nm and (2) exposure time of just 90s allowing use of 
a single imaging plate under computer control and data readout. The 
Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory advised April 15, 1998 (1) 
these capabilities are 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. 98-10996 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]
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