[Federal Register: September 20, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 181)]
[Notices]               
[Page 50794]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20se99-31]                         

=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
Texas A&M University; 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 99-012. Applicant: Texas A&M University, College 
Station, TX 77843-3122. Instrument: Densitometer and Balance. 
Manufacturer: Rubotherm, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 
35126, June 30, 1999.
    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: (1) Density 
measurements for corrosive materials using a magnetic suspension 
balance for weighing the sample with a mechanism located outside the 
measuring chamber and (2) a load capacity of 100 gm and resolution of 
0.02 mg. A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment advised August 
18, 1999 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.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-24462 Filed 9-17-99; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P