[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 27, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 81831]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32984]


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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: 00-033. Applicant: University of Florida, 
Gainesville, FL 32611. Instrument: Multi-Sensor Core Logger. 
Manufacturer: GEOTEK Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 
65 FR 65296, November 1, 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 extraction of 
sediment cores for measurements of P-wave velocity, density, magnetic 
susceptibility, core thickness and high resolution color images. Woods 
Hole Oceanographic Institution and a university oceanography department 
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.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-32984 Filed 12-26-00; 8:45 am]
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