[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 239 (Wednesday, December 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 73991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7344]



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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: 05-046. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology. Instrument: High-Resolution Superconducting Magnet. 
Manufacturer: Jastec, Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended 
to be used for a 500 MHz, 200 mm room-temperature bore MRI System to be 
assembled at MIT. This MRI System will be employed to study intact 
organisms, including small animals, various human and animal tissue 
samples, as well as other biological materials and phenomena including 
the activity of neural networks involved in vision and functional 
neuroimaging of the human brain through detection of changes in 
cerebral blood flow and energy metabolism, vascular potency and tissue 
perfusion in cerebral as well as in peripheral and coronary 
circulation.
    Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: November 28, 2005.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E5-7344 Filed 12-13-05; 8:45 am]
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