[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 4219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-2060]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


National Institutes of Health; 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: 97-093. Applicant: National Institutes of Health, 
Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Micromanipulator Microscope, Model MSM. 
Manufacturer: Singer Instrument Co., Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 62 FR 62288, November 21, 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 an optical 
microscope mounted over a micromanipulator with a videoscreen and 
camera and a unique optic-fiber dissection needle. A university 
research laboratory and a manufacturer of similar equipment advised 
December 23, 1997 that (1) this capability is 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.
    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. 98-2060 Filed 1-27-98; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P