[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 144 (Thursday, July 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 39013]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18668]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


The Burnham Institute; 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 01-011. Applicant: The Burnham Institute, La Jolla, 
CA 92037. Instrument: Brain Slice Physiology Setup. Manufacturer: Luigs 
and Neumann, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 66 FR 31211, June 11, 
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) Computer 
control of microscope and micromanipulator positioning, (2) study of 
very small cells and neuronal processes over a long period of time 
(minutes to hours), (3) arrangement of up to seven manipulators around 
the microscope and (4) compatibility with existing equipment being used 
currently in the laboratory. The National Institutes of Health advises 
in its memorandum of July 2, 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. 01-18668 Filed 7-25-01; 8:45 am]
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