[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18109]


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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: 98-004R. Applicant: University of California at Los 
Angeles, Plasma Physics Laboratory, 405 Hilgard Avenue, P.O. Box 
951547, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547. Instrument: YAG Pumped Dye Laser. 
Manufacturer: Spectron Laser Systems, United Kingdom. Intended Use: 
Original notice of this resubmitted application was published in the 
Federal Register of February 18, 1998.

    Docket Number: 98-032. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Center for Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Fish Tank System. Manufacturer: Klaus-
Jurgen Schwarz, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for 
the study of the early development of the zebrafish embryo in order to 
identify genes that are required for a fish egg to develop normally 
into a perfect living fish embryo and ultimately into an adult fish. It 
is expected that the genes identified will help in understanding what 
goes wrong in human development that can lead to birth defects. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 19, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-18109 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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