[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 51802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17868]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Colorado; 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, as amended by Pub. L. 106-36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR 
part 301). Related records can be viewed between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. 
in Room 2104, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave., 
NW., Washington, DC.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. We know of no 
instrument of equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments 
described below, for such purposes as each is intended to be used, that 
was being manufactured in the United States at the time of its order.
    Docket Number: 07-051. Applicant: Colorado College, Department of 
Physics, Colorado Springs, CO. Instrument: Low Temperature Ulta-High 
Vacuum Scanning Tunneling Microscope. Manufacturer: Omicron 
Nanotechnology GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 72 CFR 46037, 
August 16, 2007. Reasons: The instrument provides: (a) A scanning 
tunneling microscope mounted inside a 4 K liquid helium reservoir (with 
a 22-hour liquid helium refill time); (b) Operation at an equilibrium 
temperature of 4 K (with in-situ sample preparation and tip transfer 
capability); (c) Low drift rates of 1 angstrom/hour; (d) RMS vibration 
amplitudes of <0.005 angstrom in a 300 Hz bandwidth; and (e) Sample 
registry after deposition. There are no domestically manufactured low 
temperature ultra-high vacuum scanning tunneling microscopes.
    Docket Number: 07-053. Applicant: University of Kentucky, Dept. 
Civil Engineering, Lexington, KY. Instrument: Soil Stiffness Testing 
System. Manufacturer: GDS Instruments, Ltd., UK. Intended Use: See 
notice at 72 CFR 46037, August, 16, 2007. Reasons: The instrument 
provides a vertically propagating S-wave transmitter and a P-wave 
receiver along with a vertically propagating P-wave transmitter and S-
wave receiver and a master signal conditioning unit along with GDSBES 
software to control data acquisition and drive signal generation for S 
and P wave velocity tests as well as a Hall effect local strain set (2 
axial, 1 radial) and mid-plane pore pressure kit. No domestic sources 
making similar devices provide an integrated system of this type of 
testing with the resolution required for advanced geotechnical 
research.

Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E7-17868 Filed 9-10-07; 8:45 am]
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