[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: 03-27694]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


The 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: 03-024R. Applicant: The University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, MI 48109-2136. Instrument: Materials Preparation and Crystal 
Growth System, Model MCGS5. Manufacturer: Crystalox Limited, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 36769, June 19, 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) Induction 
cold crucible melting capable of complete levitation of the charge (for 
purity), (2) Czochralski growth for production of single crystals and 
(3) small crucible volume (21 ccm2) allowing research-scale 
experiments with precious metals (e.g., platinum). The National 
Institute of Standards and Technology advises in its memorandum of 
October 22, 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. 03-27694 Filed 11-3-03; 8:45 am]
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