[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 60338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26679]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Michigan; 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: 03-038. Applicant: University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, MI 48109-2150. Instrument: Eye Fixation System, Model faceLAB 
3.0. Manufacturer: Seeing Machines, Australia. 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: (1) A 
completely ``off-head'' sensor system, (2) precise synchronization with 
a driving simulator, (3) effective operation in both bright (sunlight) 
and dim (simulator) environments and (4) superior software for 
collection and processing of data. A university driving research 
laboratory advised October 2, 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. 03-26679 Filed 10-21-03; 8:45 am]
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