University of California, Davis; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5020]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Davis; 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, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 98-062. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
CA 94550. Instrument: Titanium Sapphire Oscillator. Manufacturer: 
Femtolasers Produktions, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 
69264, December 16, 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 ultrashort (12 
femtosecond), ultrahigh intensity laser pulses using patented mirror 
dispersion control technology for study of laser-electron interactions 
at high intensities. Brookhaven National Laboratory advised February 
10, 1999 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. 99-5020 Filed 2-26-99; 8:45 am]
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