[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 15 (Monday, January 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 3666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1657]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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), we invite comments on the question of an 
instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Application may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 00-001. Applicant: USDA, Agricultural Research 
Service, 800 Buchanan Street, Albany, CA 94710. Instrument: Picking and 
Gridding Q-Bot System. Manufacturer: Genetix Ltd., United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used in experiments that 
will include: isolation, characterization and DNA sequencing of genes 
from organisms of agronomic importance; gridding of clone collections 
onto filters for gene isolation and genome characterization; 
construction of DNA microarrays; rearraying clones and samples into new 
matrix collections; replication of clones and clone library samples.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 6, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-1657 Filed 1-21-00; 8:45 am]
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