Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

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), 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, Washington, D.C. 20230.

Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room

4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue,

N.W., Washington, D.C.

Docket Number: 98-041. Applicant: University of Vermont, Department

of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, 438A Stafford Hall, Burlington, VT

05405-0084. Instrument: Roentgen Stereophotogrammetric Analysis System.

Manufacturer: RSA BioMedical Innovations AB, Sweden. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used to make measurements of the biomechanical

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behavior of different joints (ankle, knee, shoulder, spine, etc.) thus

allowing the study of different types of joint trauma and surgical

repair of those joints. Application accepted by Commissioner of

Customs: August 3, 1998.

Docket Number: 98-042. Applicant: Louisiana State University,

Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, 6980 Jefferson

Highway, Baton Rouge, LA 70806. Instrument: Scanning Tunneling

Microscope. Manufacturer: Scideco I/S, Denmark. Intended Use: The

instrument will be used to uncover new physical and chemical phenomena

at the surface of or in thin films. This will include elucidation of

both electronic and atomic structure of material ranging from clean

metal surfaces, metal-on-metal films, metal-on-semiconductor thin

films, to thin film polymers. Application accepted by Commissioner of

Customs: August 6, 1998.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98-22546 Filed 8-20-98; 8:45 am]

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