[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 34907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14777]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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 an 
instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is 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: 03-023.
    Applicant: University of Missouri--Kansas City, Kansas City, MO 
64110.
    Instrument: OptoTOP HE 3-D Digitizing System.
    Manufacturer: Breuckmann GmbH, Germany.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to digitally 
image and measure the skeletal remains and teeth of extant and fossil 
mammals. Research is aimed to learn more about the patterns and 
processes of mammalian evolution by studying the three-dimensional form 
of the skeletal and dental anatomy. The specimens studied will be 
preserved specimens housed in the collections of various natural 
history museums. Three-dimensional, digital images will be collected 
and stored in a digital archive. Using a computer graphics workstation, 
the images will be subjected to morphometric analyses of variation in 
size and shape.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: May 20, 2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-14777 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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