[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 25015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12046]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 98-022. Applicant: Texas A&M University, Plant 
Genome Mapping Laboratory, Heep Center for SCSC, Room 610, College 
Station, TX 77843-2474. Instrument: Robot, Model X8000. Manufacturer: 
Genetix Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended 
to be used for studies of recombinant bacteria containing cloned DNA 
inserts from flowering plants (for example cotton, sorghum or rice) or 
other non-infectious sources. Experiments will be conducted which 
involve the identification of specific bacterial clones that contain 
DNA which corresponds to particular genes or related DNA elements 
previously assigned to a ``map position'' along the chromosomes of the 
source organism (flowering plant). In addition, the instrument will be 
used for educational purposes in the courses: (a) GENE 485: 
Undergraduate Research, (b) GENE 691: Postgraduate Research and (C) 
GENE 654: Analysis of Complex Genomes. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 20, 1998.
    Docket Number: 98-023. Applicant: University of Iowa, Department of 
Ophthalmology, 200 Hawkins Drive, 11190E PFP, Iowa City, IA 52242. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1220. Manufacturer: JEOL, 
Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for 
studies of ocular tissues and cells from humans and animals to 
determine the extent of, and to quantitate, pathological changes in 
ocular tissues of human donors afflicted with age-related macular 
degeneration and animal models of this disease. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: April 21, 1998.
Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-12046 Filed 5-5-98; 8:45 am]
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