[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 74499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3644]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Los Alamos National Laboratory et al.; 
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: 04-018. Applicant: University of California, Los 
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. Instrument: Hydraulic Press 
for Nuclear Fuel. Manufacturer: Osterwalder AG, Switzerland. Intended 
Use: See notice at 69 FR 67320, November 17, 2004. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides both: (1) A 20-30 ton CNC-controlled hydraulic 
press which meets the specifications of ram control to 0.01 
mm and load control to 1% and (2) extensive experience (25 
years) in supplying hydraulic presses for the nuclear fuels industry, 
meeting it's very stringent quality standards. Advice received from: a 
university nuclear engineering laboratory, December 6, 2004.
    Docket Number: 04-020. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 
Baltimore, MD. Instrument: Dual-Beam Focused Ion Beam System, Model 
Number NOVA 600 NanoLab (FP 2067/31). Manufacturer: FEI Company, The 
Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 69 FR 67320, November 17, 
2004. Reasons: The foreign instrument provides the ability to cut lines 
with the narrowest width, circles with the smallest radius, the 
accuracy for programmed milling to create arrays of small entities, and 
to create a single device of the smallest dimensions for research on 
spintronic devices, cantilevers, stencil mask fabrication and TEM 
sample preparation. Advice received from: Sandia National Laboratories, 
February 18, 2004 (comparable case) and from a domestic manufacturer of 
similar equipment.
    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. E4-3644 Filed 12-13-04; 8:45 am]
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