[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 53012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-26485]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 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: 98-033. Applicant: U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency, Corvallis, OR 97333. Instrument: Nutrient Monitor with 
Stainless Steel Mooring-frame-in-line. Manufacturer: W.S. Ocean Systems 
Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 39072, July 21, 
1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a self-calibrating 
programmable nutrient analyzer for automated measurement and recording 
of nutrient concentrations (including nitrate) in both marine or fresh 
waters. Advice received from: Domestic manufacturer of similar 
equipment, August 21, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-034. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 
TN 37235. Instrument: Excimer Laser, Model COMPex 150T. Manufacturer: 
Lambda Physik, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 39073, July 
21, 1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides: (1) tunability 
through a bandwidth of 1 nm, (2) pulse energy of 450 mJ for argon 
fluoride and (3) a bandwidth of 0.003 nm. Advice received from: 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, August 21, 1998.
    A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment and the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology 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. 98-26485 Filed 10-1-98; 8:45 am]
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