[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14548]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6120]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Harvard University; 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: 00-043. Applicant: Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 
02138. Instrument: Picking and Gridding QBot with Accessories. 
Manufacturer: Genetix Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 
66 FR 7626, January 24, 2001.
    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 96 pin 
pneumatic picking head with a picking rate of 4000 picks per hour and 
(2) various picking head configurations to accommodate different 
containers and micro array plates. The National Institutes of Health 
advises in its memorandum of January 11, 2001 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. 01-6120 Filed 3-12-01; 8:45 am]
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