[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 22, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 2857]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1521]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Federal Highway Administration 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 Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Buildng, 1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 01-018. Applicant: Federal Highway Administration, 
McLean, VA 22101-2296. Instrument: Automated Ultrasonic Inspection 
System, Model P-scan 4 Lite. Manufacturer: Force Institute, Denmark. 
Intended Use: See notice at 66 FR 55913, November 5, 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) An extra 
degree of freedom allowing rotation of the transducer and three-
dimensional representation of the defect in a weld, (2) automated 
operation and (3) a unique software/hardware configuration to optimize 
use by the operator and system performance in the field. A domestic 
manufacturer of similar equipment advised January 10, 2002 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,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-1521 Filed 1-18-02; 8:45 am]
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