[Federal Register: September 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 189)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
University of Colorado; 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 Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, 
DC.
    Docket Number: 02-031. Applicant: University of Colorado, Boulder, 
CO 80309. Instrument: Nd:YAG Solid-state Laser. Manufacturer: InnoLight 
GmbH,

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Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 48881, July 26, 2002.
    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) A spectral 
linewidth of 1.0 kHz/100 ms and (2) a relative intensity noise level of 
<-150 dB/Hz. A domestic manufacturer of similar equipment advised 
September 18, 2002 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. 02-24780 Filed 9-27-02; 8:45 am]
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