[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 19, 2000)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-32171]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Institute of Standards and Technology 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, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 00-029.
    Applicant: National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8221.
    Instrument: Vacuum Balance and Vacuum Chamber.
    Manufacturer: Metrotec Engineering ag, Switzerland.
    Intended Use: See notice at 65 FR 62334, October 18, 2000.
    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) Resolution of 0.1 
g, (2) a fully automated chamber permitting continuous 
unattended weighing and (3) repeatability of measurements under vacuum 
to 0.3 g. The U.S. Air Force Measurement and Standards 
Laboratories advised November 28, 2000 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. 00-32171 Filed 12-18-00; 8:45 am]
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