[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13700]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6260]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

U.S. Bureau of Mines, 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 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 94-143. Applicant: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Denver, CO 
80225. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM200. Manufacturer: 
Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 442, 
January 4, 1995. Order Date: August 25, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-147. Applicant: Wayne State University, Detroit, 
MI 48201. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 3394, 
January 17, 1995. Order Date: October 24, 1994.
    Docket Number: 94-152. Applicant: University of Virginia, 
Charlottesvilee, VA 22903. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM 
2010F. Manufacturer:  JEOL, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 
3394, January 17, 1995. Order Date: June 29, 1994.
    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 Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 95-6260 Filed 3-13-95; 8:45 am]
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