[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6119]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Massachusetts Institute of 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: 00-041. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Nanoindentor. 
Manufacturer: Micro Materials, Ltd., United Kingdom. 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 a high 
temperature stage for heating specimens to 500 deg. C with: (1) a probe 
heater to ensure equilibrium of the indentor/specimen temperature and 
(2) a thermal barrier to minimize heating of the remainder of the 
instrument. A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment advised 
February 15, 2001 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 Z. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-6119 Filed 3-12-01; 8:45 am]
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