[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3263]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Florida; 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: 99-029. Applicant: University of Florida, 
Gainesville, FL 32611-6200. Instrument: Fiber Raman Laser, Model FRL-
1480-600. Manufacturer: IP Fibre Devices Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 64 FR 70213, December 16, 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) High power 
output in the 300-600 mW range, (2) continuous working operation, (3) 
single mode output and (4) frequency output in the 1483-1484.5 nm range 
with an emission bandwidth between 1.0-1.5 nm. The National Institute 
of Standards and Technology and a domestic manufacturer of similar 
equipment advise that (1) these capabilities are pertinent to the 
applicant's intended purpose and (2) they know 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.

    Dated: February 4, 2000.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-3263 Filed 2-10-00; 8:45 am]
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