[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 28, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70881-70882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30312]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Michigan; 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, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 00-032. Applicant: University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, MI 48109-2029. Instrument: Aerosol Generator. Manufacturer: 
Topas GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 65 FR 62334, October 
18, 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) A 
particulate aerosol delivery rate range of 20-500 grams/hour and (2) 
linear (stable) output well over one half hour. A domestic manufacturer 
of similar equipment advised November 13, 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

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to the foreign instrument which is being manufactured in the United 
States.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-30312 Filed 11-27-00; 8:45 am]
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