[Federal Register: August 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 162)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

 
University of Southern California; 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 5:00 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 99-015. Applicant: University of Southern 
California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1340. Instrument: Automated 
Microscope Workstation, Series 200. Manufacturer: Singer Instruments, 
United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 35630, July 1, 1999.
    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 stage-mounted 
micromanipulator and a manually driven detenting stage designed 
specifically for genetic experiments in yeast cells. The National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum of July 14, 1999 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.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-21843 Filed 8-20-99; 8:45 am]
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