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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 

National Institute of Standards and Technology, 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 P.M. in room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 93-121. Applicant: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-3010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: See notice at 58 FR 55043, October 25, 1993. Order Date: February 
28, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-139. Applicant: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 
Agricultural Research Service, Southern Regional Research Center, New 
Orleans, LA 70179. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM12. 
Manufacturer: N.V. Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 58 FR 65157, December 13, 1993. Order Date: July 22, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-142. Applicant: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
Lexington, KY 40511-1093. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM10. 
Manufacturer: N.V. Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 58 FR 65157, December 13, 1993. Order Date: September 30, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-147. Applicant: Department of Veterans Affairs, 
Northport, NY 11768. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM 1010. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 58 FR 
68876, December 29, 1993. Order Date: September 20, 1993.
    Docket Number: 93-157. Applicant: The Ohio State University, 
Columbus, OH 43210. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM200 FEG. 
Manufacturer: N.V. Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 59 FR 6621, February 11, 1994. Order Date: November 13, 1993.
    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.
Pamela Woods,
Acting Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 94-9687 Filed 4-20-94; 8:45 am]
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