[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 178 (Wednesday, September 13, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 55223]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23542]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; 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: 00-019. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: E-beam Evaporator and Flux 
Controller, Model EGN4. Manufacturer: Oxford Applied Research, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 65 FR 47405, August 2, 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 simultaneous 
loading of four different types of charges so that multi-layer thin 
film deposition is possible without breaking vacuum. A university 
research laboratory advised August 31, 2000 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.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-23542 Filed 9-12-00; 8:45 am]
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