[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26571-26572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12311]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire; 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: 03-016.
    Applicant: University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire, Eau Claire, WI 
54701.
    Instrument: Automatic Fusion Machine, Model AutoFluxer 4.
    Manufacturer: Breitlander Eichproben und Labormaterial GmbH, 
Germany.
    Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 16472, April 4, 2003.
    Comments: None received.
    Decision: Approved. No instrument of equivalent scientific value to 
the foreign

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instrument, for such purposes as it is intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Reasons: The foreign instrument provides fused glass beads which 
presents a homogeneous smooth surface to an x-ray fluorescence 
spectrometer by melting whole rock powder samples under computer 
control at temperatures to 1600[deg] C. The Los Alamos National 
Laboratory advised May 2, 2003 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.
    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. 03-12311 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]
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