[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 204 (Monday, October 23, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 54338]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-26217]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of Texas Medical Branch, 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: 95-035. Applicant: University of Texas Medical 
Branch, Galveston, TX 77555. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
CM100. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 60 FR 29826, June 6, 1995. Order Date: December 13, 1994.
    Docket Number: 95-039. Applicant: Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical 
Center, Indianapolis, IN 46202. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
CM120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 60 FR 29827, June 6, 1995. Order Date: January 20, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-049. Applicant: Auburn University, AL 36849. 
Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010. Manufacturer: JEOL 
Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 35552, July 10, 1995. 
Order Date: March 14, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-053. Applicant: Georgia Institute of Technology, 
Atlanta, GA 30332. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model HF-2000. 
Manufacturer: Hitachi Instruments, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 
60 FR 37051, July 19, 1995. Order Date: March 2, 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.


Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 95-26217 Filed 10-20-95; 8:45 am]
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