[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 8210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4133]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Renewable Energy Laboratory; 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: 02-051.
    Applicant: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO 80401.
    Instrument: Ignition Quality Tester.
    Manufacturer: Advanced Engine Technology Ltd., United Kingdom.
    Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 742, January 7, 2003.
    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 standardized measurements 
of ignition delay, maximum chamber temperature, heat rise and 
autoignition temperature for diesel and alternative fuel and additive 
compounds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Southwest Research 
Institute advised February 4, 2003 that (1) this capability is 
pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose and (2) they know 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. 03-4133 Filed 2-19-03; 8:45 am]
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