[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25626]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Los Angeles; 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: 02-036. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Instrument: Low Temperature Scanning 
Tunneling Microscope System, Model LT-STM 1. Manufacturer: VTS Createc 
GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 55197, August 28, 
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) Operation 
at 10K to 300K using a liquid bath helium cryostat completely 
surrounded by a 4K radiation shield, (2) alternate operation with 
liquid nitrogen and (3) a scanning range of 1mu; at 6K and 1.5[mu] at 
77K. A university center for microstructural devices advised September 
23, 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. 02-25626 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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