[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6995-6996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3262]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Hawaii; 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 99-027. Applicant: University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 
HI 96822. Instrument: Low-Level Beta Counter, Model GM-25-5. 
Manufacturer: Riso National Laboratory, Denmark. Intended Use: See 
notice at 64 FR 63788. November 22, 1999.
    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) Robust 
design and portability for shipboard operation, (2) one-inch detector 
windows and (3) a background of 0.178 0.003 counts per 
minute. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution advised January 28, 2000 
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.

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    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. 00-3262 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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