[Federal Register: October 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 192)]
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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 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, D.C. 20230. 
Application may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 99-022. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, Center for Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Fish Tank System, replacement parts 
for existing tank system, and fish breeding accessories. Manufacturer: 
Klaus-Jurgen Schwarz, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be 
used to house a large number of genetically different strains of fish 
for research to identify and clone the genes that are required to make 
a normal

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living zebra fish embryo. The instrument will also be used to train 
graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to carry out genetic 
research on early vertebrate development using the zebra fish as an 
experimental model system. Application accepted by Commissioner of 
Customs: September 9, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-25872 Filed 10-4-99; 8:45 am]
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