[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 199 (Friday, October 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 53351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26218]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of California; 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: 96-073. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: High Pressure Freezing Machine, Model 
HPM 010. Manufacturer: Bal-Tec, Inc. Liechtenstein. Intended Use: See 
notice at 61 FR 41773, August 12, 1996.
    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 cryogenic 
sample preparation of biological tissues down to -80  deg.C at 30 000 
lbs/sq. in. in pressure and within 20-50 milliseconds. The National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated July 24, 1996 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. 96-26218 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]
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