[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11618]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Vanderbilt 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: 03-010. Applicant: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 
TN 37203. Instrument: Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope, Model 
AlphaSNOM. Manufacturer: Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie 
GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 14197, March 24, 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) A standard 
invertible microscope platform with multiple connections for lasers and 
detection ports, (2) resolution of 80 nm, (3) capability of switching 
readily among a wide variety of operating modes with minimal sample 
rearrangements and (4) optimal flexibility for operation in a multi-
user environment. A university research institute advised May 1, 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. 03-11618 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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