[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 213 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 62432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27692]


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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: 03-041. Applicant: University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, MI 48109. Instrument: 2 (each) CdZnTe Conplanar Grad Radiation 
Detectors. Manufacturer: Baltic Scientific Instruments, Latvia. 
Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 53547, September 11, 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 optimal 
fabrication of a CdZnTe crystal gamma-ray detector using very 
specialized crystals and signal processing techniques for high energy 
resolution for use in space exploration. A university physics 
department advised October 27, 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. 03-27692 Filed 11-3-03; 8:45 am]
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