[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 51546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20079]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Vermont; 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, 
DC.
    Docket Number: 02-012R. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: Slow Scan CCD Camera System, Model 
TemCam-0124. Manufacturer: Tietz Video and Image Processing Systems 
GmbH, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 34903, May 16, 2002.
    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) Superior 
resolution by matching the surface of the fiber optic coupling to the 
shape of the CCD chip surface, permitting determination of the quality 
of cryo samples needed to assess areas suitable for tomography and (2) 
accommodation for a high resolution CRT screen. The National Institutes 
of Health advises in its memorandum of July 16, 2002 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. 02-20079 Filed 8-7-02; 8:45 am]
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