[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 212 (Tuesday, November 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59282-59283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-29442]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Louisiana State University; 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

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Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 98-042. Applicant: Louisiana State University, Baton 
Rouge, LA 70806. Instrument: Scanning Tunneling Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Scideco I/S, Denmark. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 
44841, August 21, 1998. Advice received from: National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, October 2, 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) resolution 
of 0.01 nm in the vertical and 0.1 nm lateral at all temperatures, (2) 
operation from 120  deg.K to 400  deg.K and (3) internal spring 
suspension. The National Institute of Standards and Technology advises 
that (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. 98-29442 Filed 11-2-98; 8:45 am]
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