[Federal Register: June 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 112)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
U.S. Department of Commerce; 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 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 99-004. Applicant: U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Seattle, WA 98115-0700. Instrument: Multibeam Echosounder (Sonar). 
Manufacturer: ELAC NAUTIK, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 
23056, April 29, 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 dual frequency 
(50 kHz and 180 kHz) capability to allow a ship to perform a near-shore 
to off-shore survey mission using a depth range from less than 50 m to 
over 1000 m. The Naval Oceanographic Office advised May 27, 1999 that 
(1) this capability is 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. 99-14900 Filed 6-10-99; 8:45 am]
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