[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 26152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12445]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Wisconsin-Madison; 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: 97-106. Applicant: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Madison, WI 53706-1490. Instrument: Length Controller and Force 
Transducer System, Models 308B and 403A. Manufacturer: Aurora 
Scientific, Canada. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 5504, February 3, 
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 measurement of 
the contractile force of muscle cells by mechanically deforming the 
length of the muscle fiber. The National Institutes of Health advised 
April 27, 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. 98-12445 Filed 5-11-98; 8:45 am]
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