[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 25015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12046]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are 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.
Applications 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: 98-022. Applicant: Texas A&M University, Plant
Genome Mapping Laboratory, Heep Center for SCSC, Room 610, College
Station, TX 77843-2474. Instrument: Robot, Model X8000. Manufacturer:
Genetix Ltd., United Kingdom. Intended Use: The instrument is intended
to be used for studies of recombinant bacteria containing cloned DNA
inserts from flowering plants (for example cotton, sorghum or rice) or
other non-infectious sources. Experiments will be conducted which
involve the identification of specific bacterial clones that contain
DNA which corresponds to particular genes or related DNA elements
previously assigned to a ``map position'' along the chromosomes of the
source organism (flowering plant). In addition, the instrument will be
used for educational purposes in the courses: (a) GENE 485:
Undergraduate Research, (b) GENE 691: Postgraduate Research and (C)
GENE 654: Analysis of Complex Genomes. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: April 20, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-023. Applicant: University of Iowa, Department of
Ophthalmology, 200 Hawkins Drive, 11190E PFP, Iowa City, IA 52242.
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1220. Manufacturer: JEOL,
Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for
studies of ocular tissues and cells from humans and animals to
determine the extent of, and to quantitate, pathological changes in
ocular tissues of human donors afflicted with age-related macular
degeneration and animal models of this disease. Application accepted by
Commissioner of Customs: April 21, 1998.
Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-12046 Filed 5-5-98; 8:45 am]
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