[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 189 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)] [Notices] [Page 51083] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-25785] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration Western Michigan University; 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: 97-053. Applicant: Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5167. Instrument: Electron Energy Analyzer. Manufacturer: Scienta Instrument AB, Sweden. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 40334, July 28, 1997. 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 highest energy resolution of 5.0 meV with resolving power to 1500. The National Institute of Standards and Technology and Brookhaven National Laboratory advised on May 27, 1997 that (1) these capabilities are pertinent to the applicant's intended purpose and (2) they know 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. 97-25785 Filed 9-29-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P