[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 91 (Thursday, May 12, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 25016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2353]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Wisconsin, Madison, 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 5:00 P.M. in Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW, Washington, 
D.C.
    Docket Number: 05-017. Applicant: University of Wisconsin, Madison, 
WI, 53706. Instrument: High Power Pulsed Ultra-Fast Fiber Laser, Model 
FCPA [micro] Jewel B-250. Manufacturer: Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd., Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 70 FR 20356, April 19, 2005. 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: A fiber laser that is readily portable 
with turnkey operation having: (1) a wavelength > 1300 for measuring 
water vapor absorption,(2) pulse energy > 1 [micro] J and (3) a pulse 
duration < 1 ps.
    The National Institute of Standards and Technology advised on May 
6, 2005 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. E5-2353 Filed 5-11-05; 8:45 am]
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