[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 35630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16814]


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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, US Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5 P.M. in Room 4211, 
US Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 99-014. Applicant: National Renewable Energy 
Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401-3393. Instrument: 2 
(Two) Anemometer Systems, Model DA-600. Manufacturer: Kaijo-Denki Corp. 
Intended Use: The instruments are intended to be used in conjunction 
with previously purchased systems to study the 3-D structure of small-
scale atmospheric turbulence related to the operation, efficiency, and 
fatigue life of wind turbine generators and their component parts. 
Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 11, 1999.

    Docket Number: 99-015. Applicant: University of Southern 
California, Biological Sciences, 835 West 37th Street--ACB 510, Los 
Angeles, CA 90089-1340. Instrument: Automated Microscope Workstation, 
Series 200. Manufacturer: Singer Instrument, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used to analyze the segregation 
of genes in yeast cells which are being used to study the basic 
molecular events of genetic instability that can cause a number of 
neurodegenerative diseases such as Huntington's disease and Fragile X 
mental retardation syndrome in humans. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: June 14, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-16814 Filed 6-30-99; 8:45 am]
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