[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 4767]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-2694]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Institute of Standards and Technology, Notice of 
Decision on Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This decision is made 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 AM and 5:00 PM in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 95-099. Applicant: National Institute of Standards 
and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: Rotating Sample for 
Ion Microscope. Manufacturer: Kore Technology, United Kingdom. Intended 
Use: See notice at 60 FR 57222, November 14, 1995.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as it is intended to be used, is being manufactured in the 
United States. Reasons: This is a compatible accessory for an existing 
instrument purchased for the use of the applicant. The National 
Institutes of Health advises in its memorandum dated December 4, 1995, 
that the accessory is pertinent to the intended uses and that it knows 
of no comparable domestic accessory.
    We know of no domestic accessory which can be readily adapted to 
the existing instrument.


Frank W. Creel
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff
[FR Doc. 96-2694 Filed 2-7-96; 8:45 am]
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