[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 89 (Monday, May 8, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 26583]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-11468]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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 whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are 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. 
Applications 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: 00-011. Applicant: University of Michigan, 930 N. 
University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1055. Instrument: Electron Beam 
Evaporator, Model EGN4. Manufacturer: Oxford Applied Research, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for 
studies of how various materials interact with thin metal films. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 21, 2000.
    Docket Number: 00-013. Applicant: Allegheny-Singer Research 
Institute, 320 East North Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15212-4772. 
Instrument: Robot and Microplate Manipulator, Model Q-Bot. 
Manufacturer: Genetix Limited, United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to prepare addressable libraries of 
DNA clones (both genomic and cDNA) for comparative gene expression 
studies (the basis of the science of functional genomics) to understand 
the differences between normal physiologic processes. The instrument 
will also be used for educational objectives through teaching trainees 
in the most current means to comparatively evaluate differences in gene 
expression. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 21, 
2000.

Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-11468 Filed 5-5-00; 8:45 am]
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