[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 136 (Friday, July 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 42688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16128]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Cornell University; Notice of Consolidated Decision on 
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision consolidated 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, Franklin Court 
Building, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1099 14th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, 
for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured 
in the United States.
    Docket Number: 04-010. Applicant: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
14853. Instrument: X-ray Double Crystal Monochrometer. Manufacturer: 
Kohzu Precision Co.,Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 96 FR 
34654, June 22, 2004. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
immediate accommodation into the facility's existing crystal mounting 
system without any degradation in ultimate performance. Any domestic 
equivalent would require extensive design and might not guarantee 
performance. Advice received from: The National Institutes of Health, 
June 28, 2004.
    Docket Number: 04-013 Applicant: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 
14853. Instrument: X-ray Mirror Focusing System, Model Ne Cat. 
Manufacturer: Oxford-Danfysik, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice 
at 69 FR 34654, June 22, 2004. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides 
that both the horizontal and the vertical focusing mirrors can be 
located in the same vacuum vessel. This is required to provide adequate 
focusing and bending of the X-ray beam. Advice received from: The 
National Institutes of Health, June 28, 2004.
    The capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above 
are pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and we know of no 
domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value for the 
intended use of each instrument.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in 
the United States which is of equivalent scientific value to any of the 
foreign instruments.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 04-16128 Filed 7-15-04; 8:45 am]
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