[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: 02-24006]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Minnesota; 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: 02-028. Applicant: University of Minnesota, 
Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: High-Pressure/High-Temperature 
Materials Testing Apparatus with Torsion Module. Manufacturer: 
Australian Scientific Instruments Pty Ltd, Australia. Intended Use: See 
notice at 67 FR 47524, July 19, 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 a unique 
combination of high pressure (700 MPa), high temperature (1650[deg] K) 
and both compressive and torsional deformation with high stress and 
displacement resolution for geophysical study of rocks. A university 
research laboratory advised September 10, 2002 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 to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured 
in the United States.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-24006 Filed 9-19-02; 8:45 am]
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