[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 78 (Friday, April 21, 2000)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of North Dakota; 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, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 00-003. Applicant: University of North Dakota, Grand 
Forks, ND 58202-7129. Instrument: Scanning Tunneling Microscope, Model 
STM 25. Manufacturer: Omicron Associates, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 65 FR 11986, March 7, 2000.
    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) ability to 
operate at temperatures as low as 25 deg.K, (2) a vibrationally-
isolated vacuum chamber capable to 10 -11 mbar and (3) conduction of 
electron-tunneling spectroscopy measurements using the STM. The 
National Institute of Standards and Technology and a university 
research center for advanced microstructure devices 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 (comparable case).
    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. 00-9996 Filed 4-20-00; 8:45 am]
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