98-19903. University of California, Davis; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 1998)]
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[FR Doc No: 98-19903]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of California, Davis; 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: 98-026. Applicant: University of California, Davis, 
Davis, CA 95616. Instrument: Optical Imaging System, Model ORA 2001. 
Manufacturer: Optical Imaging, United Kingdom. Intended Use: See notice 
at 63 FR 31737, June 10, 1998.
    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 ability to 
perform optical imaging to map brain activity in laboratory animals. 
The National Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated June 
8, 1998 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. 98-19903 Filed 7-24-98; 8:45 am]
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