[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 183 (Friday, September 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 59251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-24005]


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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 p.m. in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC.
    Docket Number: 02-024. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. Instrument: Universal 5 Axis High 
Speed Machining Center, Model UCP 600. Manufacturer: Mikron, 
Switzerland. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 45481, July 9, 2002.
    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) 
Simultaneous 5-axis shaping with demonstrated software for turbine 
blades, (2) very high positioning accuracy (<0.0002 inch), (3) optical 
feedback positioning technology such as glass scales and (4) 5-axis 
shaping capability of a 6-inch cube or better. A domestic manufacturer 
of similar of equipment advised September 12, 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,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-24005 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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