[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 126 (Wednesday, July 1, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 35911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-17442]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Emory University, et al.; 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
Docket Number: 98-018. Applicant: Emory University, Atlanta, GA
30322. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7500. Manufacturer:
Hitachi Scientific Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 63
FR 15832, April 1, 1998. Order Date: July 30, 1997.
Docket Number: 98-023. Applicant: University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
52242. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1220. Manufacturer:
JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 63 FR 25015, May 6,
1998. Order Date: February 3, 1998.
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 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. 98-17442 Filed 6-30-98; 8:45 am]
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