Applications, hearings, determinations, etc.: State University of New Jersey,

[Federal Register: January 13, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 8)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

State University of New Jersey; 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 98-053. Applicant: The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ 08855. Instrument: Superfine Mill and Crushing Ring, Model MIC-2. Manufacturer: NARA Machinery Co. Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 63292, November 12, 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 synthesis of materials from powders at room temperature using mechanochemical reaction in a high stress field. The National Institute of Standards and Technology advised December 21, 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. 99-693Filed1-12-99; 8:45 am]

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