[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16472-16473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8237]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Colorado, 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: 03-002. Applicant: University of Colorado, JILA, 
Boulder, CO 80309-0440. Instrument: DFB Fiber Laser with Amplifier, 
Model Y10. Manufacturer: Koheras A/S, Denmark. Intended Use: See notice 
at 68 FR 6415, February 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 1.0 W of laser 
light at the vacuum wavelength of 1126.275 nm

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with a linewidth of less than 20 kHz to probe the super narrow 
transition in a single trapped and laser cooled mercury ion for 
development of stable optical frequency standards. A domestic 
manufacturer of similar equipment advised March 25, 2003, 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. 03-8237 Filed 4-3-03; 8:45 am]
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