Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 76 /Tuesday, April 21, 1998 / Notices 19715

Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 5364,

February 2, 1998.

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 micron-scale resolution using

operation at 1.0 GHz for local stiffness

analysis of materials. The National

Aeronautics and Space Administration

advised March 26, 1998 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. 98–10411 Filed 4–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

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: 98–019. Applicant:

University of Minnesota, Department of

Neurosurgery, Lions Research Building,

2001 Sixth Street, S.E., #421,

Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument:

Eye Tracking System. Manufacturer:

Thomas Recording, Germany. Intended

Use: The instrument is intended to be

used to record eye movements in

studies of how the brain processes

visual information to move our limbs.

The experiments require recording eye

movements and arm movements and at

the same time recording from brain cells

in a monkey during visually guided

movements. Application accepted by

Commissioner of Customs: March 31,

1998.

Docket Number: 98–020. Applicant:

North Carolina State University,

Campus Box 7212, Raleigh, NC 27695–

7212. Instrument: Mini 4–Pocket EBeam Evaporator, Model EGC04.

Manufacturer: Oxford Applied

Research, United Kingdom. Intended

Use: The instrument is intended to be

incorporated into a new type of electron

microscope system which will be used

for studies of the phenomena of

epitaxial layer growth of electronic

materials. The research will explore

how films nucleate on different

surfaces, and how strain is relaxed

between films of different lattice

constant. In addition, the instrument

will be used in the course PY 699,

Independent Research Studies to

introduce graduate students into the

techniques of research. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

April 1, 1998.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–10413 Filed 4–20–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Environmental Technologies Trade

Advisory Committee (ETTAC); Meeting

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental

Technologies Trade Advisory

Committee will hold a plenary meeting

on May 1, 1998. The ETTAC was

created on May 31, 1994, to advise the

U.S. government on policies and

programs to help expand U.S. exports

for environmental products and

services.

Date and Place: May 1, 1998, 8:30

a.m. to 5 p.m. The meeting will take

place in Room 1414 of the Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

This is the first formal meeting of the

newly appointed ETTAC. The focus of

the meeting will be an orientation and

introduction of new members. Among

anticipated discussion items include

committee priorities (eg., setting a work

plan), selection of new officers, and the

status of ongoing priorities (eg., APEC

trade liberalization, Climate Change,

and water strategy and finance).

This program is physically accessible

to people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to Sage

Chandler, Department of Commerce,

Room 1004, Washington, DC 20230.

Seating is limited and will be on a firstcome, first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sage Chandler with The Office of

Environmental Technologies Exports,

Room 1003, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230,

phone (202) 482–5225, facsimile (202)

482–5665, TDD (800) 833–8723.

Dated: April 9, 1998.

Anne L. Alonzo,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental

Technologies Exports.

[FR Doc. 98–10407 Filed 4–16–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DR–M

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

North American Free-Trade

Agreement, Article 1904 NAFTA Panel

Reviews; Notice of Termination of

Panel Review

AGENCY: NAFTA Secretariat, United

States Section, International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of termination of panel

review.

SUMMARY: A Notice of Consent Motion

to Terminate the Panel Review of the

final countervailing determination made

by the Secretaria de Comercio y

Fomento Industrial, respecting

Hydrogen Peroxide Originating in the

USA was filed by Electroquimica

Mexicana S.A. de C.V. on November 24,

1997. The same company filed the First

Request for Panel Review with the

Mexican Section of the NAFTA

Secretariat pursuant to Article 1904 of

the North American Free-Trade

Agreement. This panel review was

assigned Secretariat File Number MEX–

97–1904–01 by the Mexican Section.

Pursuant to Rule 71(2) of the Rules of

Procedure for Article 1904 Binational

Panel Review, this panel review was

terminated on December 22, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James R. Holbein, United States

Secretary, NAFTA Secretariat, Suite

2061, 14th and Constitution Avenue,