[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7247]
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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: 96-133. Applicant: National Institutes of Health,
Bethesda, MD 20892. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM120.
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 62
FR 4032, January 28, 1997. Order Date: August 20, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-135. Applicant: Medical University of South
Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model
JEM-1210. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at
62 FR 4032, January 28, 1997. Order Date: October 17, 1996.
Docket Number: 96-140. Applicant: Associated Universities, Inc.,
Upton, NY 11973. Instrument: Electron Microscope with Accessories,
Model JEM-3000F. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See
notice at 62 FR 5619, February 6, 1997. Order Date: September 24, 1996.
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 at the time of order of each instrument.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-7247 Filed 3-20-97; 8:45 am]
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