[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 141 (Wednesday, July 23, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43492]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18750]


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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: 03-026. Applicant: University of Vermont, 
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: Cuvette System for muscle fiber 
investigation. Manufacturer: Scientific Instruments GmbH, Germany. 
Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 36770, June 19, 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 laser-
controlled perfusion cuvette system capable of both measuring the 
contractile force of a strip of muscle tissue and viewing the tissue 
with an inverted microscope. The National Institutes of Health advises 
in its memorandum of June 9, 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. 03-18750 Filed 7-22-03; 8:45 am]
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