[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 191 (Monday, October 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 58745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25272]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Washington; 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 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 00-024. Applicant: University of Washington, 
Seattle, WA 98195-6100. Instrument: Laser Microdissection System. 
Manufacturer: P.A.L.M. Mikrolaser Technologie, Germany. Intended Use: 
See notice at 65 FR 51797, August 25, 2000.
    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: (1) Dissection 
and catapulting of live cells directly into microcentrifuge tubes for 
analysis without contamination, (2) high quality microscope optics, (3) 
selective destruction of unwanted cellular material and (4) 
microdissection of any shape cell or tissue area. The National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum of August 10, 2000 that 
(1) these capabilities are 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.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-25272 Filed 9-29-00; 8:45 am]
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