[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39971-39972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18851]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Illinois at U/C; 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: 99-009. Applicant: University of Illinois at U/C, 
Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: Confocal Microscope Attachment. 
Manufacturer: Witec GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 
31540, June 11, 1999.
    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: This is a compatible accessory for an existing 
instrument purchased for the use of the applicant. The National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated June 8, 1999, that 
the accessory is pertinent to the intended uses and that it knows of no 
comparable domestic accessory.

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    We know of no domestic accessory which can be readily adapted to 
the existing instrument.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-18851 Filed 7-22-99; 8:45 am]
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