[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 125 (Monday, June 30, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 38676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-16490]


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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: 03-021. Applicant: University of Colorado, Boulder, 
CO 80309. Instrument: YAG Laser and Intensity Noise Eater. 
Manufacturer: InnoLight GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 68 
FR 26571, May 16, 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 spectral 
linewidth of 1.0 kHz/100 ms and (2) a relative intensity noise level of 
<[minus']150 dB/Hz. A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment 
advised September 18, 2002 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 (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. 03-16490 Filed 6-27-03; 8:45 am]
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