[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 20 (Wednesday, January 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 4393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-2253]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are 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 Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 01-023. Applicant: University of Georgia, 151 Barrow 
Hall, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Athens, GA 30602-2403. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model Tecnai 20. Manufacturer: FEI 
Company, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to 
be used to study the structure of biological materials in three 
dimensions including components of cells such as organelles or 
filaments, whole cells (i.e. bacteria), large molecules and crystals. 
The general goal of these investigations is to achieve a detailed 
understanding of the 3-dimensional structure of some cellular 
component, which in turn can be used to increase understanding of the 
function of that component. In addition, the instrument will be used in 
the courses: CBIO(BIOL) 3410L. Laboratory in Cellular and Developmental 
Biology, (CBIO)BIOL 5050L/7050L. Electron Microscopy Laboratory, and 
CBIO 8050-8050L. Techniques in Modern Microscopy. Application accepted 
by Commissioner of Customs: October 22, 2001.
    Docket Number: 01-025. Applicant: University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, 207 Henry Administration Building, 506 South Wright Street, 
Urbana, IL 61801. Instrument: QPix Colony Picker with Gridding and Re-
arraying packages. Manufacturer: Genetix Limited, United Kingdom. 
Intended Use: The instrument is a robot that performs steps of 
selecting certain cells amongst a large number of others and 
transferring them to other devices for further investigation. It is 
intended to be used for research and education of genomics including 
the study of honey bees, cattle and salmonella. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: November 23, 2001.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-2253 Filed 1-29-02; 8:45 am]
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