[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 82 (Thursday, April 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 23057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-10765]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North Carolina 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 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 99-002. Applicant: North Carolina State University, 
Raleigh, NC 27695. Instrument: Lifetime Measurement System, Model JANUS 
200-M. Manufacturer: Amecon Messtechnik, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 64 FR 10991.
    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 laser 
excitation/microwave detection of the photoconduction decay for 
contactless measurement of the carrier lifetime and lifetime mapping of 
silicon wafers from 15 to 300 mm diameter. The National Institute of 
Standards and Technology advised April 8, 1999 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. 99-10765 Filed 4-28-99; 8:45 am]
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