[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 18754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8937]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Davis; 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: 01-004. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
CA 95616-8711. Instrument: Multielectrode Neuronal Manipulator, Model 
Eckhorn-7. Manufacturer: UWE Thomas Recording, Germany. Intended Use: 
See notice at 66 FR 9557, February 8, 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 a precise 
positioning system which can insert up to 7 very fine glass-coated 
microelectrodes (diameter to 25 m) in 1 m steps to 
selected positions through the dura into the brain of a test animal. 
The National Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum of March 
12, 2001 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. 01-8937 Filed 4-10-01; 8:45 am]
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