[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4420]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Florida International University, 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: 95-100. Applicant: Florida International University, 
Miami, FL 33199. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM200. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 60 
FR 58330, November 27, 1995. Order Date: December 27, 1994.
    Docket Number: 95-102. Applicant: State University of New York at 
Buffalo, Amherst, NY 14260. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-
2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 60 FR 
58330, November 27, 1995. Order Date: March 17, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-107. Applicant: U.S. Department of Commerce, 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM300. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 60 
FR 62390, December 6, 1995. Order Date: September 16, 1994.
    Docket Number: 95-108. Applicant: VA Medical Center of Gainesville, 
Gainesville, FL 32608-1197. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
CM100. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 60 FR 62390, December 6, 1995. Order Date: September 25, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-112. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute, 
La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM100. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 60 
FR 62390, December 6, 1995. Order Date: August 29, 1995.
    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. 96-4420 Filed 2-26-96; 8:45 am]
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