[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 211 (Wednesday, October 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55971-55972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27773]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Institutes of Health, 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: 96-085. Applicant: National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 120.
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 61
FR 46782, September 5, 1996. Order Date: March 5, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-088. Applicant: The University of Texas at
Austin, Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-
2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR
46783, September 5, 1996. Order Date: September 30, 1993.
Docket Number: 96-093. Applicant: The Ohio State University,
Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM300.
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 61
FR 49113, September 18, 1996. Order Date: December 5, 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
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other instrument suited to these purposes, which was being manufactured
in the United States either at the time of order of each 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. 96-27773 Filed 10-29-96; 8:45 am]
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