[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 130 (Wednesday, July 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 36879]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18109]
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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: 98-004R. Applicant: University of California at Los
Angeles, Plasma Physics Laboratory, 405 Hilgard Avenue, P.O. Box
951547, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1547. Instrument: YAG Pumped Dye Laser.
Manufacturer: Spectron Laser Systems, United Kingdom. Intended Use:
Original notice of this resubmitted application was published in the
Federal Register of February 18, 1998.
Docket Number: 98-032. Applicant: Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Center for Cancer Research, 77 Massachusetts Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02139. Instrument: Fish Tank System. Manufacturer: Klaus-
Jurgen Schwarz, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for
the study of the early development of the zebrafish embryo in order to
identify genes that are required for a fish egg to develop normally
into a perfect living fish embryo and ultimately into an adult fish. It
is expected that the genes identified will help in understanding what
goes wrong in human development that can lead to birth defects.
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 19, 1998.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-18109 Filed 7-7-98; 8:45 am]
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