[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 151 (Monday, August 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40986-40987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-19623]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution; 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: 01-014. Applicant: Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543. Instrument: (2) Low-level 
Multicounter Systems. Manufacturer: Riso National Labs, Denmark. 
Intended Use: See notice at 66 FR 35224, July 3, 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) Ability to 
detect very low levels of radioactivity (having a background count 0.25 
cpm), (2) a suitable signal-to-noise ratio and (3) high durability and 
portability for

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transport from ship to ship for operation at sea. 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. 01-19623 Filed 8-3-01; 8:45 am]
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