[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 183 (Wednesday, September 20, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 56869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24187]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Institute of Standards and Technology; 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: 00-018. Applicant: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8371. Instrument: Auger 
Microprobe, Model JAMP-7830F. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 65 FR 47404, 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: (1) a maximum 
energy resolution of 0.05%, (2) a hemispherical analyzer which permits 
introduction and optimal placement of both a wavelength and an energy 
dispersive x-ray detector and (3) a 2-stage introduction pot capable to 
8x10 \11\ Torr. A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment advised 
September 11, 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.
    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. 00-24187 Filed 9-19-00; 8:45 am]
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