[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 1311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-456]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Washington University School of Medicine; 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. Law 
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: 00-037. Applicant: Washington University School of 
Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110. Instrument: Flash Lamp System with 
Accessories. Manufacturer: Rapp OptoElectronic, Germany. Intended Use: 
See notice at 65 FR 70549, November 24, 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 special filters 
for applications using caged Ca2+ compounds with an energy 
density of 400 mJ/cm2 in the UV. The National Institutes of 
Health advises in its memorandum of December 5, 2000 that (1) this 
capability is 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. 01-456 Filed 1-5-01; 8:45 am]
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