[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5019]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Chicago, Argonne National Laboratory; 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 Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 98-061. Applicant: University of Chicago, Operator 
of Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439. Instrument: Ion 
Source. Manufacturer: Atomika Instruments, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 63 FR 69264, December 16, 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 an ion current 
>1A in a spot size <60 microns with a dynamic range 
>105 for depth profiling near surface concentrations below 
one ppt. The Los Alamos National Laboratory advises that: (1) This 
capability is 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. 99-5019 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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