00-8562. Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

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 an instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is 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, NW, Washington, DC.

Docket Number: 00-006. Applicant: LDS Hospital, (Intermountain Health Care), 8th Avenue & C Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84143. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used for ultrastructural diagnosis of patient material and for ultrastructural research using human and animal tissues. In addition, the instrument will be used for training medical and graduate students. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: March 13, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,

Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.