[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 14 (Monday, January 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1563-1564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-752]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Regents of the University of California, et al.; Notice of
Consolidated Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Electron
Microscopes
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 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
Docket Number: 95-086. Applicant: The Regents of the University of
California, Riverside, CA 92521. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model
CM300. Manufacturer: N.V. Philips, Netherlands. Intended Use: See
notice at 60 FR 54337, October 23, 1995. Order Date: April 19, 1995.
Docket Number: 95-091. Applicant: Northwestern University,
Evanston, IL 60208. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-8100.
Manufacturer: Hitachi Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at
60 FR 54337, October 23, 1995. Order Date: February 10, 1995.
Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such
purposes as these instruments are intended to be used, was being
manufactured in the United States at the time the instruments were
ordered. Reasons: Each foreign instrument is a conventional
transmission electron microscope (CTEM) and is intended for research or
scientific educational uses requiring a CTEM. We know of no CTEM, or
any other instrument suited to these purposes, which was being
manufactured in the United States either at the time of order of each
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instrument or at the time of receipt of application by the U.S. Customs
Service.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-752 Filed 1-19-96; 8:45 am]
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