[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 96 (Tuesday, May 19, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 27563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-13310]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Wisconsin-Madison, 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: 98-011. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Stoughton, WI 53589. Instrument: Hydrostatic Leveling System. 
Manufacturer: Fogale-Nanotech, France. Intended Use: See notice at 63 
FR 12451, March 13, 1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
measurements of vertical position from a group of remote sensors (using 
a water-level reference) with a range of measurement from 6.0 to 8.5 mm 
and a precision of 1 m. Advice received from: Argonne National 
Laboratory, April 29, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-015. Applicant: Brown University, Providence, RI 
02912. Instrument: Material Preparation and Crystal Growth System, 
Model MCGS5. Manufacturer: Crystallox, Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 63 FR 15831, April 1, 1998. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides crystal growth using cold crucible or Bridgman 
technique for materials with very high melting point using 50kW 
induction heating. Advice received from: National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, May 5, 1998.
    The Argonne National Laboratory and the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration advise that (1) the capabilities of each of the 
foreign instruments described above are pertinent to each applicant's 
intended purpose and (2) they know 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. 98-13310 Filed 5-18-98; 8:45 am]
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