[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53962]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23458]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Villanova 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: 03-035. Applicant: Villanova University, Villanova, 
PA 19085. Instrument: fNOX500 Fast CLD System for NO 
analysis. Manufacturer: Cambustion Ltd, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
See notice at 68 FR 48341, August 13, 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 extremely fast 
measurement of NOX gas components using an electrical 
photomultiplier detector with a 10-90% response time of 2.0 ms for use 
in automotive emissions research. The Southwest Research Institute 
advised August 26, 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. 03-23458 Filed 9-12-03; 8:45 am]
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