[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-455]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Wisconsin-Madison; 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: 00-036. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Madison, WI 53706. Instrument: Telecommunications Instrumentation 
Modeling System, Model TIMS-301. Manufacturer: Emona Instruments Pty 
Ltd., Australia. Intended Use: See notice at 65 FR 68981, November 15, 
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 expandable and 
customizable rack-mounted student workstations for laboratory 
instruction of optical and RF-based telecommunication techniques with 
49 basic and advanced project modules currently available. A university 
department of electrical engineering 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. 01-455 Filed 1-5-01; 8:45 am]
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