[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 65 (Friday, April 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 16472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8240]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Northwestern University, 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: 03-005. Applicant: Northwestern University, Chicago, 
IL 60637. Instrument: MSM System Series 300 Yeast Manipulator and Micro 
Zapper. Manufacturer: Singer Instrument Company Limited, United 
Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 8210, February 20, 2003.
    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 a complete 
computer-controlled workstation for micromanipulation in yeast genetics 
by performing tetrad dissection, pedigree analysis, cell and zygote 
isolation, cell progression and other automated functions. The National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum of February 26, 2003, 
that (1) this capability is 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. 03-8240 Filed 4-3-03; 8:45 am]
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