[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 31211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14651]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether an 
instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5 P.M. in Room 4211, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 01-011. Applicant: The Burnham Institute, 10901 
North Torrey Pines Road, Building #7, La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: 
Brain Slice Physiology Setup. Manufacturer: Luigs and Neumann, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to prepare acute 
slices of the rat and mouse brain. These slices will then be visualized 
under the microscope, microelectrodes will be inserted into single, 
optically identified nerve cells and stimulation electrodes placed in 
other identified regions of the brain slice. The main research 
objective is to understand neuronal information acquisition, processing 
and storage in the mammalian brain under physiological and pathological 
conditions. A main focus will be on brain structures involved in 
sensory perception, memory storage and motor control. In addition, the 
instrument will be used for guided research training for graduate and 
undergraduate students in the course BISP 199. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: May 4, 2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-14651 Filed 6-8-01; 8:45 am]
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