[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75847-75848]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31155]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Pennsylvania State University; 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: 02-040.
    Applicant: Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 
16802. Instrument: Optical Image Furnace and Accessories, Model SC1-
MDH-20020.
    Manufacturer: NEC Machinery Corporation, Japan.
    Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 58355, September 16, 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.

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    Reasons: The foreign instrument provides a dual mirror image 
furnace with a homogeneous temperature gradient around the horizontal 
plane with a simultaneous steeper temperature gradient along the 
vertical portion for growth of various crystals. The National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration advised May 8, 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 
(comparable case).
    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. 02-31155 Filed 12-9-02; 8:45 am]
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