[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 156 (Wednesday, August 13, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 48341]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20659]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


North Carolina State 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: 03-028.
    Applicant: North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695-721 .
    Instrument: Microarray System, Model QArray\mini\ X2700.
    Manufacturer: Genetix Ltd, United Kingdom.
    Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 38675, June 30, 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: (1) Spotting of small 
(less than 0.25 [mu]l) liquid DNA or protein samples at a density of 
over 7000 spots per cm\2\ by using tungsten pins, (2) a low-friction 
print head using ball bearings for a minimal error rate, (3) source 
plate cooling at 4[deg]C and (4) a high pressure washing system. The 
National Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum of July 21, 
2003 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. 03-20659 Filed 8-12-03; 8:45 am]
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