[Federal Register: July 31, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 147)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
University of California, Riverside; 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: 02-021. Applicant: University of California, 
Riverside, Riverside, CA 92521. Instrument: Two (2) Confocal 
Microscopes, Models TCS SP2/UV and TCS SPS RS-2P. Manufacturer: Leica 
Microsystems, Germany. Intended Use: See notice at 67 FR 44424, July 2, 
2002.
    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) A confocal 
microscope with spectral detection, (2) a pinhole design for 
registration of all fluorescence colors and (3) fast scan speed. The 
National Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum of June 12, 
2002 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.

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    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. 02-19340 Filed 7-30-02; 8:45 am]
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