99-8619. University of Michigan; Notice of Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 7, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 16913]
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[FR Doc No: 99-8619]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Michigan; Notice of Decision on Application for 
Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This is a decision 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: 99-001. Applicant: The Regents of the University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0602. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model H-7500. Manufacturer: Hitachi Scientific Instruments, Japan. 
Intended Use: See notice at 64 FR 9981, March 1, 1999. Order Date: 
April 23, 1998.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as the instrument is intended to be used, was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time the instrument was 
ordered. Reasons: The 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 the instrument.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-8619 Filed 4-6-99; 8:45 am]
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