[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56622-56623]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-24898]


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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: 03-046. Applicant: Colorado State University, 200 W. 
Lake Street, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Instrument: Piezoelectric Scanning 
Stage, Model NIS-30. Manufacturer: Nanonics Imaging Ltd, Israel. 
Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be

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used for research involving deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and protein, 
often fluorescently labeled with rhodamine, and to investigate 
interactions among DNA, core histone proteins (H1, H2A, H3, H4), and 
NAP-1 (Nucleosome Assembly Protein 1) and their involvement in the 
assembly and disassembly of chromatin. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: August 28, 2003.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 03-24898 Filed 9-30-03; 8:45 am]
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