[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 158 (Friday, August 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48884-48885]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20934]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


The Research Foundation of the State University of New York; 
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

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Court Building, 1099 14th Street, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 03-030.
    Applicant: The Research Foundation of the State University of New 
York, Buffalo, NY 14260.
    Instrument: Scanning Near-field Optical Microscope, Model 
AlphaSNOM.
    Manufacturer: Wissenschaftliche Instrumente und Technologie GmbH, 
Germany.
    Intended Use: See notice at 68 FR 42007, July 16, 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) Easy switching 
between 3 types of microscopy (scanning near-field optical, confocal 
and atomic force) without moving the sample, (2) 50 nm resolution and 
(3) optimal flexibility for operation in a multi-user environment. The 
National Institutes of Health advised 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. 03-20934 Filed 8-14-03; 8:45 am]
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