[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55197-55198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21964]


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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, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5 P.M. in Suite 
4100W, Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 02-036. Applicant: University of California, 
Department of Chemistry, 607 Charles E. Young Dr., East, Los Angeles, 
CA 90095. Instrument: Low Temperature Scanning Tunneling Microscope 
System, Model LT-STM 1. Manufacturer: VTS Createc GmbH, Germany. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to determine the 
molecular structure and the local electronic, mechanical and chemical 
properties of individual molecules to make nanostructures for

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basic research in nanoscience. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: August 2, 2002.
    Docket Number: 02-038. Applicant: Department of Agriculture, 
Biosciences Research Laboratory, 1605 Albrecht Boulevard, Fargo, ND 
58105. Instrument: Q Pix Colony Picker System, Model QPix2. 
Manufacturer: Genetex Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used for genotyping cereal crops, 
including wheat, barley and oats to develop a better understanding of 
their genetics and to incorporate new and useful genes into the crops 
in order to provide farmers with crops better able to withstand various 
stresses and to provide consumers with more healthy and nutritious 
food. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 15, 2002.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 02-21964 Filed 8-27-02; 8:45 am]
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