[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 201 (Thursday, October 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 59076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-20576]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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), we invite comments 
on the question of whether instruments of equivalent scientific value, 
for the purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to 
be used, are being manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 2104, 14th and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. Applications may be 
examined between 8:30 a.m., and 5 p.m., in Room 2104, at the above 
address.
    Docket Number: 07-040. Applicant: Penn State University, 311 Deike 
Building, University Park, PA 16802. Instrument: Distributed 
Temperature Sensor, model Sentinel DTS-SR(0-5KM). Manufacturer: 
Sensornet Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is 
intended to be used for a study that involves the determination of 
stream-aquifer interaction as related to precipitation events, and the 
detection of areas that build and release moisture along the hillslope. 
The work will involve collection of field-based physical measurements 
of groundwater discharge, including spatially and temporally exhaustive 
temperature gradients and Darcian flux calculations, to improve 
quantification of streambed leakage and assess the rate and scale of 
stream-aquifer exchange to determine controls on threshold behavior. 
Good temperature resolution and capability to collect data every minute 
to 0.1[deg] C. accuracy are essential to the research. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: September 5, 2007.

    Dated: October 15, 2007.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-20576 Filed 10-17-07; 8:45 am]
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