[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35126-35127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-16548]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments
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
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are 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, DC 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: 99-012. Applicant: Texas A&M University, Purchasing
Department, Room 337B Zachry Engineering Building, College Station, TX
77843-3122. Instrument: Densitometer and Balance. Manufacturer:
Rubotherm, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used
to measure corrosive materials such as hydrogen sulfide, polar solvents
such as acetylnitrile, asphalts and aggregate materials during
experiments conducted with the objective of understanding the strength
and durability of asphalt
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aggregate pavements and fluid properties relevant to deep off-shore oil
and gas production. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs:
June 4, 1999.
Docket Number: 99-013. Applicant: the University of Texas, M.D.
Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 173, Houston, TX
77030. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer:
JOEL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used
to examine normal and pathologic tissues obtained from human patients
and experimental animals, tissue culture cells, viruses, polymers
containing biological and chemotherapeutic agents. It will be used for
ultrastructure of human and animal tumors. In addition, the instrument
will be used to teach graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting
scientists and faculty members the techniques of electron microscopy
and ultrastructural analysis. Application accepted by Commissioner of
Customs: June 10, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-16548 Filed 6-29-99; 8:45 am]
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