33052 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 116 /Wednesday, June 17, 1998 / Notices

Raleigh, NC 27695–7212. Instrument:

Mini 4-Pocket E-Beam Evaporator,

Model EGC04. Manufacturer: Oxford

Applied Research, United Kingdom.

Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR

19715, April 21, 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: (1) four pockets for

evaporation of four elements and (2)

small size for mounting on a photoelectron emission microscope. The

National Institute of Standards and

Technology advised May 28, 1998 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.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–16102 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

Application for Duty-Free Entry of

Scientific Instrument

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 an instrument of

equivalent scientific value, for the

purposes for which the instrument

shown below is intended to be used, is

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: 98–030. Applicant:

Stanford University, Ginzton

Laboratory, 450 Via Palou, Stanford, CA

94305. Instrument: Crystal Growth

Furnace, Type FZ–T–10000–HVP–II–S.

Manufacturer: Crystal Systems, Inc.,

Japan. Intended Use: The instrument

will be used for materials research of

transition metal compounds and rareearth compounds. In addition, the

instrument will be used for training

students in its use on an individual

basis rather than course work.

Application accepted by Commissioner

of Customs: May 26, 1998.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–16104 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of Minnesota; Notice of

Decision on Application for Duty-Free

Entry of Scientific Instrument

This is a decision 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 AM and 5:00 PM

in Room 4211, U.S. Department of

Commerce, 14th and Constitution

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Decision: Denied. Applicant has failed

to establish that domestic instruments of

equivalent scientific value to the foreign

instrument for the intended purposes

are not available.

Reasons: Section 301.5(e)(4) of the

regulations requires the denial of

applications that have been denied

without prejudice to resubmission if

they are not resubmitted within the

specified time period. This is the case

for the following docket.

Docket Number: 97–090. Applicant:

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,

MN 55455. Instrument: Visual Stimulus

Generator, Model VSG2/3S.

Manufacturer: Cambridge Research

Systems Ltd., United Kingdom. Date of

Denial Without Prejudice to

Resubmission: February 26, 1998.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–16101 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

University of California, Berkeley;

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 AM and 5:00 PM in Room 4211,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC.

Docket Number: 98–021. Applicant:

University of California, Berkeley,

Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument:

Electron Neutralizer. Manufacturer:

Gammadata-Scienta, Sweden. Intended

Use: See notice at 63 FR 20612, April

27, 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: This is a compatible accessory

for an existing instrument purchased for

the use of the applicant.

The accessory is pertinent to the

intended uses and we know of no

comparable domestic accessory which

can be readily adapted to the existing

instrument.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.

[FR Doc. 98–16103 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

U.S.-South Africa Business

Development Committee

AGENCY: International Trade

Administration, Department of

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of membership

opportunity.

SUMMARY: This notice supplements the

Federal Register Notice of April 29,

1998 (63 FR 23420–23421) announcing

membership opportunities for the U.S.-

South Africa Business Development

Committee. All information in the

previous announcement remains

current, except for the change to the

closing date, as explained herein.

DATES: This notice extends the closing

date of the referenced Federal Register

Notice for one month to July 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Finn

Holm-Olsen, South Africa Desk Officer,

Office of Africa, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of

Commerce, telephone: (202) 482–5148,

facsimile: (202) 482–5198.

Sally K. Miller,

Director, Office of Africa.

[FR Doc. 98–16082 Filed 6–16–98; 8:45 am]

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