[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 147 (Tuesday, July 31, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39489-39490]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19049]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Rutgers University; 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 01-012. Applicant: Rutgers University, Piscataway, 
NJ 08854-8019. Instrument: Floating-Zone Optical Furnace, Model FZ-T-
10000-H-VI-VP. Manufacturer: Crystal Systems, Inc., Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 66 FR 32601, June 15, 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 four-mirror 
image furnace with a homogeneous temperature gradient around the 
horizontal plane with a simultaneous steeper temperature gradient along 
the vertical portion for growth of various oxide single crystals. The 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration advised July 23, 2001 
that (1) this capability is 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

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to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured in the United 
States.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-19049 Filed 7-30-01; 8:45 am]
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