[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 174 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 48188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24169]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Massachusetts Institute of Technology; 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: 98-032. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Fish Tank System. 
Manufacturer: Klaus-Jurgen Schwarz, Germany. Intended Use: See notice 
at 63 FR 36879, July 8, 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: (1) An optimal 
design based on small tank size, simple operation and uniformity for 
genetic analysis of early development using large numbers of zebra fish 
and (2) compatibility with an existing tank system. These capabilities 
are pertinent to the applicant's intended purposes and 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. 98-24169 Filed 9-8-98; 8:45 am]
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