[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2348]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Ames Laboratory, 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: 98-057. Applicant: Ames Laboratory, U.S. Department 
of Energy, Ames, IA 50011-3020. Instrument: Auger Microprobe, Model 
JAMP-7800F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan.
    Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 65751, November 30, 1998.
    Reasons: The foreign instrument provides highest energy resolution 
of 0.05% with 1.0 nm for secondary electrons and 35nm for Auger 
analysis. Advice received from: National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, January 13, 1999.
    Docket Number: 98-063. Applicant: University of Maryland, College 
Park, MD 20742. Instrument: Electron Microprobe, Model JXA-8900R. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 
69264, December 16, 1998. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
characterization of elemental composition and structure in surfaces 
with resolution down to 1 m. Advice received from: National 
Institute of Standards and Technology, January 13, 1999.
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology advises that (1) 
the capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above are 
pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows 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. 99-2348 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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