[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 139 (Tuesday, July 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39072-39073]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19401]


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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 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: 98-033. Applicant: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, 200 S.W. 35th Street, Corvallis, OR 97333. Instrument: Nutrient 
Monitor with Stainless Steel Mooring-frame-in-line. Manufacturer: W.S. 
Ocean Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use:

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The instrument will be used for studies of dissolved nitrate in coastal 
estuaries or seawater. Experiments will be conducted at high tide to 
determine the quantity of nutrients entering from the ocean and at low 
tide to determine the quantity of nitrate flowing down river. In 
addition, the instrument will be used to train students for ocean 
nutrient analyses. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
June 25, 1998.

    Docket Number: 98-034. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, Mechanical 
Engineering Department, Box 1592, Station B, Nashville, TN 37235. 
Instrument: Excimer Laser, Model COMPex 150T. Manufacturer: Lambda 
Physik, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used 
for velocity measurements of gaseous flowfields using photolytic flow 
tagging and combustion properties measurements in high temperature 
reacting, gaseous flowfields. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: July 1, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-19401 Filed 7-20-98; 8:45 am]
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