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issued pursuant to the Act in which

such a person had any interest at the

time of conviction may be revoked.

Pursuant to Sections 766.25 and

750.8(a) of the Regulations, upon

notification that a person has been

convicted of violating the AECA, the

Director, Office of Exporter Services, in

consultation with the Director, Office of

Export Enforcement, shall determine

whether to deny that person permission

to apply for or use any license,

including any License Exception, issued

pursuant to, or provided by, the Act or

the Regulations, and shall also

determine whether to revoke any license

previously issued to such a person.

Having received notice of

Groetzinger’s conviction for violating

the AECA, and following consultations

with the Acting Director, Office of

Export Enforcement, I have decided to

deny Groetzinger permission to apply

for or use any license, including any

License Exception, issued pursuant to,

or provided by, the Act and the

Regulations, for a period of eight years

from the date of his conviction. The

eight-year period ends on September 26,

2005. I have also decided to revoke all

licenses issued pursuant to the Act in

which Groetzinger had an interest at the

time of his conviction.

Accordingly, it is hereby

Ordered

I. Until September 26, 2005, Sanford

B. Groetzinger, currently incarcerated at

Federal Correction Institute, Number

21423038, P.O. Box 7000, Fort Dix, New

Jersey 08640 and with an address at 82

Dennison Street, Gloucester,

Massachusetts 01930, may not, directly

or indirectly, participate in any way, in

any transaction involving any

commodity, software or technology

(hereinafter collectively referred to as

‘‘item’’) exported or to be exported from

the United States, that is subject to the

Regulations, or in any other activity

subject to the Regulations, including,

but not limited to:

A. Applying for, obtaining, or using

any license, License Exception, or

export control document;

B. Carrying on negotiations

concerning, or ordering, buying,

receiving, using, selling, delivering,

storing, disposing of, forwarding,

transporting, financing, or otherwise

servicing in any way, any transaction

involving any item exported or to be

exported from the United States that is

subject to the Regulations, or in any

other activity subject to the Regulations;

or

C. Benefiting in any way from any

transaction involving any item exported

or to be exported from the United States

that is subject to the Regulations, or in

any other activity subject to the

Regulations.

II. No person may do, directly or

indirectly, any of the following:

A. Export or reexport to or on behalf

of the denied person any item subject to

the Regulations;

B. Take any action that facilitates the

acquisition or attempted acquisition by

a denied person of the ownership,

possession, or control of any item

subject to the Regulations that has been

or will be exported from the United

States, including financing or other

support activities related to a

transaction whereby a denied person

acquires or attempts to acquire such

ownership, possession or control;

C. Take any action to acquire from or

to facilitate the acquisition or attempted

acquisition from the denied person of

any item subject to the Regulations that

has been exported from the United

States;

D. Obtain from the denied person in

the United States any item subject to the

Regulations with knowledge or reason

to know that the item will be, or is

intended to be, exported from the

United States; or

E. Engage in any transaction to service

any item subject to the Regulations that

has been or will be exported from the

United States and which is owned,

possessed or controlled by the denied

person, or service any item, of whatever

origin, that is owned, possessed or

controlled by the denied person if such

service involves the use of any item

subject to the Regulations that has been

or will be exported from the United

States. For purposes of this paragraph,

servicing means installation,

maintenance, repair, modification or

testing.

III. After notice and opportunity for

comment as provided in Section 766.23

of the Regulations, any person, firm,

corporation, or business organization

related to Groetzinger by affiliation,

ownership, control, or position of

responsibility in the conduct of trade or

related services may also be subject to

the provisions of this Order.

IV. This Order does not prohibit any

export, reexport, or other transaction

subject to the Regulations where the

only items involved that are subject to

the Regulations are the foreignproducted direct product of U.S.-origin

technology.

V. This Order is effective immediately

and shall remain in effect until

September 26, 2005.

VI. A copy of this Order shall be

delivered to Groetziner. This Order shall

be published in the Federal Register.

Dated: May 11, 1998.

Eileen M. Albanese,

Director, Office of Exporter Services.

[FR Doc. 98–13286 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DT–M

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, NW, Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 97–095R. Applicant:

Stanford University, Stanford Medical

Center, 300 Pasteur Drive, Room 5302,

Palo Alto, CA 94304. Instrument:

Ultrasound Bone Densitometer.

Manufacturer: McCue Plc, United

Kingdom. Intended Use: Original notice

of this resubmitted application was

published in the Federal Register of

December 15, 1997.

Docket Number: 98–024. Applicant:

University of Michigan, Transportation

Research Institute, 2910 Baxter Road,

Ann Arbor, MI 48109–2150. Instrument:

(3) Sensor Sets, Model ODIN 4.

Manufacturer: A.D.C. GmbH, Germany.

Intended Use: The instrument is

intended to be used in a scientific study

in which vehicles equipped with these

sensors will be driven by human

subjects to evaluate the performance of

headway control systems. Application

accepted by Commissioner of Customs:

April 21, 1998.

Docket Number: 98–025. Applicant:

University of California, Berkeley,

Berkeley CA 94720. Instrument:

Electron Detector. Manufacturer:

Gammadata/Scienta AB, Sweden.

Intended Use: The instrument will be

used in angle-resolved photoemission

experiments with the objective of

studying the electronic structure and

physical properties of superconducting
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materials. In addition, the instrument

will be used to train graduate students

in their thesis research. All results will

be made public and published in

scientific journals. Application accepted

by Commissioner of Customs: April 30,

1998.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–13308 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Wisconsin-Madison, et

al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on

Applications for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instruments

This is a decision consolidated

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

Comments: None received. Decision:

Approved. No instrument of equivalent

scientific value to the foreign

instruments described below, for such

purposes as each is intended to be used,

is being manufactured in the United

States.

Docket Number: 98–011. Applicant:

University of Wisconsin-Madison,

Stoughton, WI 53589. Instrument:

Hydrostatic Leveling System.

Manufacturer: Fogale-Nanotech, France.

Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR

12451, March 13, 1998. Reasons: The

foreign instrument provides

measurements of vertical position from

a group of remote sensors (using a

water-level reference) with a range of

measurement from 6.0 to 8.5 mm and a

precision of 1 μm. Advice received from:

Argonne National Laboratory, April 29,

1998.

Docket Number: 98–015. Applicant:

Brown University, Providence, RI

02912. Instrument: Material Preparation

and Crystal Growth System, Model

MCGS5. Manufacturer: Crystallox, Ltd.,

United Kingdom. Intended Use: See

notice at 63 FR 15831, April 1, 1998.

Reasons: The foreign instrument

provides crystal growth using cold

crucible or Bridgman technique for

materials with very high melting point

using 50kW induction heating. Advice

received from: National Aeronautics and

Space Administration, May 5, 1998.

The Argonne National Laboratory and

the National Aeronautics and Space

Administration advise that (1) the

capabilities of each of the foreign

instruments described above are

pertinent to each applicant’s intended

purpose and (2) they know of no

domestic instrument or apparatus of

equivalent scientific value for the

intended use of each instrument.

We know of no other instrument or

apparatus being manufactured in the

United States which is of equivalent

scientific value to either of the foreign

instruments.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–13310 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Texas at Austin; 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: 98–001. Applicant:

University of Texas at Austin, Austin,

TX 78712. Instrument: IR Image

Furnace, Model SC–M35HD.

Manufacturer: NEC Nichiden Machinery

Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at

63 FR 8164, February 18, 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 growth of oxide monocrystals

using the traveling floating melt zone

method. The National Aeronautics and

Space Administration advised February

2, 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 (comparable case).

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. 98–13309 Filed 5–18–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and

Technology

[Docket No. 98040112–8112–01]

American Lumber Standard

Committee; Additional Memberships

Approved

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards

and Technology (NIST), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Institute of

Standards and Technology announces

that the Secretary of Commerce

approved the request of the American

Lumber Standard Commtitee (‘‘the

Committee’’) to allow membership for

the National Lumber Grades Authority

(NLGA) of Canada under Section 9.3.1

(rules-writing agencies) and for wood

treaters under Section 9.3.3 (other

interested and affected groups) of DOC

Voluntary Product Standard PS 20–94

‘‘American Softwood Lumber

Standard.’’

ADDRESSES: Barbara M. Meigs, Office of

Standards Services, National Institute of

Standards and Technology, Room 164,

Building 820, Gaithersburg, MD 20899.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara M. Meigs, telephone: 301–975–

4025, fax: 301–926–1559, e-mail:

barbara.meigs@nist.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

9.3.7 of DOC Voluntary Product

Standard PS 20–94 ‘‘American

Softwood Lumber Standard,’’ developed

under procedures published by the

Department of Commerce (15 CFR Part

10), provides that the Secretary of

Commerce, upon request, may consider

making additional appointments to the

Committee to ensure that it has a

comprehensive balance of interests.

On February 13, 1997, NIST

published a notice in the Federal

Register (62 FR 6761) announcing that it

was considering a request received from

the Committee. The Committee, after its

annual meeting in December 1996, had

sent a letter to NIST requesting that one

voting membership for the NLGA of

Canada and one for wood treaters be

approved. NIST announced a 90-day

comment period to allow for public

comment on the recommendation.

During the comment period, which

ended on May 14, 1997, one current and