[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 53547]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23193]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE


International Trade Administration U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, ARS--Albany, CA; 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: 03-034. Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
ARS, Albany, CA 94710. Instrument: Laboratory Decanter Centrifuge, Type 
MDZ 003. Manufacturer: Limetic 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 a small 
continuous decanter centrifuge for fractionation of starch/protein 
slurries designed for laboratory experimentation. The National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum of July 21, 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. 03-23193 Filed 9-10-03; 8:45 am]
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