[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32671]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Vermont, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on 
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    This is a decision consolidated 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below, 
for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured 
in the United States.
    Docket Number: 99-023. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: Microforge, Model MF-830. 
Manufacturer: Narishige Scientific Instrument Lab., Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 64 FR 57865, October 27, 1999. Reasons: The foreign 
instrument provides ultra-fine finishing of microelectrode tips for 
patch clamp studies using advanced fine polishing technology to 
eliminate imperfections on the tip surface that could damage delicate 
cell membranes. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health, 
October 21, 1999.
    Docket Number: 99-024. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: Glass Microelectrode Puller, Model 
PP-830. Manufacturer: Narishige Scientific Instrument Lab., Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 57865, October 27, 1999. Reasons: The 
foreign instrument provides: (1) A built-in power source to avoid 
voltage fluctuations, (2) ultra-precise tuning of heater settings and 
(3) a digital display for monitoring settings while fabricating 
microelectrodes for patch clamp studies. Advice received from: National 
Institutes of Health, October 21, 1999.
    The National Institutes of Health advised in its memoranda that (1) 
the capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above are 
pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows of no 
domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value for the 
intended use of each instrument.
    We know of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in 
the United States which is of equivalent scientific value to either of 
the foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-32671 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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