[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 1310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-454]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Rochester; 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. Law 
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: 00-034. Applicant: University of Rochester, 
Rochester, NY 14623. Instrument: Scanning Nearfield Optical Microscope. 
Manufacturer: WITec, Germany. 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: (1) an atomic 
force microscope with a metal probe operating in a vertical 
displacement AC mode and (2) simultaneous scanning atomic-force and 
near-field-optical microscopy on identical sample zones maintaining 
sample registration with nanometer accuracy. The National Institute of 
Standards and Technology advised December 21, 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. 01-454 Filed 1-5-01; 8:45 am]
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