[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 168 (Monday, August 31, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 46216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23382]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Texas A&M University; 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: 98-022. Applicant: Texas A&M University, College 
Station, TX 77843-2474. Instrument: Robot, Model X8000. Manufacturer: 
Genetix Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 25015, 
May 6, 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 a unique multi-
tasking robot for selecting recombinant bacterial colonies containing 
DNA inserts from noninfectious sources based on routing blue/white 
selection at a rate of 3500 colonies per hour. The National Institutes 
of Health advises in its memorandum dated June 8, 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. 98-23382 Filed 8-28-98; 8:45 am]
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