[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 174 (Wednesday, September 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48187-48188]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-24170]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Finch University of Health Sciences; 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

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Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 98-036. Applicant: Finch University of Health 
Sciences, North Chicago, IL 60064-3095. Instrument: (4 each) Right and 
Left Hand Micromanipulators, Model SM-20. Manufacturer: Narishige Co., 
Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 41227, August 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 the required 
stability, geometry and sensitivity and ability to change one electrode 
without disturbing operation of the others. The National Institutes of 
Health advises in its memorandum dated August 17, 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. 98-24170 Filed 9-8-98; 8:45 am]
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