[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 187 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 49165]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24085]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


The Research Foundation of State University of New York: 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 Suite 4100W, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, 
D.C.
    Docket Number: 01-015. Applicant: The Research Foundation of State 
University of New York, Albany, NY 12201-0009. Instrument: XY Shifting 
Table and Accessories. Manufacturer: Luigs & Neumann, Germany. Intended 
Use: See notice at 66 FR 39490, July 31, 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) Direct 
approach of the micropipette to the cell, (2) adjustable advancement 
speed (from 0.04 to 6 mm/sec.), (3) a temperature controlled bath and 
(4) a stage customized for use with an Olympus microscope. A university 
research laboratory advised August 21, 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. 01-24085 Filed 9-25-01; 8:45 am]
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