[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


The University of Chicago; 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: 00-040. Applicant: The University of Chicago, 
Operator of Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439. Instrument: 
UHV Scanning Tunneling Microscope/Atomic Force Microscope. 
Manufacturer: Omicron Vakuumphysik GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See 
notice at 66 FR 7626, January 24, 2001.
    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) Integral 
vibration isolation with spring suspension and 360 deg. magnetic eddy 
current damping on the head, (2) continuous imaging in a range of 25-
1500 deg. K, (3) scan range of 12  x  12  x  1.2 m\3\ and (4) 
needle sensor AFM with electrical sensing. A university research 
laboratory and the National Institute of Standards and Technology 
advised February 4, 2001 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 (comparable case).
    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.
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