[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 85 (Thursday, May 1, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 24041]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-9445]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Rice University, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on 
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision 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 
instruments 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: 08-008. Applicant: Rice University, Houston, TX 
77005. Instrument: Low Temperature Microscopy Scanning Probe. 
Manufacturer: Nano Magnetics Instruments, Ltd., Turkey. Intended Use: 
See notice at 73 FR 18258, April 3, 2008. Reasons: This instrument can 
supply 300mK scanning Hall probe microscopy with 50 NM special 
resolution, which is essential to the intended use.
    Docket Number: 08-009. Applicant: University of Michigan, 
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 2300 Hayward St., Ann 
Arbor, MI 48109-2136. Instrument: Heating Microscope Optical 
Dilatometer. Manufacturer: Expert System Solutions, Italy. Intended 
Use: See notice at 73 FR 18258, April 3, 2008. Reasons: This instrument 
can be used for sintering shrinkage up to 1600 degrees centigrade, 
thermal expansion down to room temperature and cristobalite 
transformation at 215 degrees centigrade. An essential feature of the 
equipment is that it performs a non-contact optical measurement.

    April 24, 2008.
Faye Robinson,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff, Import Administration.
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