[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 203 (Monday, October 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 64602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-26715]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Faulkes Telescope Corporation; 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: 02-030. Applicant: Faulkes Telescope Corporation, 
Honolulu, HI 96813. Instrument: Robotically Controlled 2 meter 
Astronomical Telescope. Manufacturer: Telescope Technologies Limited, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 58354, September 16, 
2002.
    Comments: Comments dated September 26, 2002, were received from the 
University of Hawaii at Manoa in support of granting duty-free entry of 
the instrument. 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 research quality (2-meter 
primary mirror with better than arcsecond imaging performance) 
telescope that is robotically controlled and accessible via the 
Internet for observation and research use by students from the 
secondary school to university level having commonality with two 
identical telescopes for exchanged observations. The National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration advised October 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,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-26715 Filed 10-18-02; 8:45 am]
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