[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 70213]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32671]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
University of Vermont, et al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
This is a decision consolidated 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 Room 4211, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instruments described below,
for such purposes as each is intended to be used, is being manufactured
in the United States.
Docket Number: 99-023. Applicant: University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: Microforge, Model MF-830.
Manufacturer: Narishige Scientific Instrument Lab., Japan. Intended
Use: See notice at 64 FR 57865, October 27, 1999. Reasons: The foreign
instrument provides ultra-fine finishing of microelectrode tips for
patch clamp studies using advanced fine polishing technology to
eliminate imperfections on the tip surface that could damage delicate
cell membranes. Advice received from: National Institutes of Health,
October 21, 1999.
Docket Number: 99-024. Applicant: University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT 05405. Instrument: Glass Microelectrode Puller, Model
PP-830. Manufacturer: Narishige Scientific Instrument Lab., Japan.
Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 57865, October 27, 1999. Reasons: The
foreign instrument provides: (1) A built-in power source to avoid
voltage fluctuations, (2) ultra-precise tuning of heater settings and
(3) a digital display for monitoring settings while fabricating
microelectrodes for patch clamp studies. Advice received from: National
Institutes of Health, October 21, 1999.
The National Institutes of Health advised in its memoranda that (1)
the capabilities of each of the foreign instruments described above are
pertinent to each applicant's intended purpose and (2) it knows of no
domestic instrument or apparatus of equivalent scientific value for the
intended use of each instrument.
We know of no other instrument or apparatus being manufactured in
the United States which is of equivalent scientific value to either of
the foreign instruments.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-32671 Filed 12-15-99; 8:45 am]
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