[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: 03-16491]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Berkeley; 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: 03-022. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-7200. Instrument: Low Temperature UHV 
Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Manufacturer: Omicron Vakuumphysik 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) Operating 
at an equilibrium temperature of 4K (including both tip and sample), 
(2) in-situ sample manipulation and tip transfer capabilities, (3) a 
receptacle for an electromagnet in the sample stage and (4) low drift 
rates of 1 angstrom/hour and rms vibration amplitudes <0.005 angstrom 
in a 300 Hz bandwith. The Center for Advanced Microstructures & 
Devices, Louisiana State University advised June 23, 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. 03-16491 Filed 6-27-03; 8:45 am]
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