[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 112 (Monday, June 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29346-29347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14620]



-----------------------------------------------------------------------


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of California, 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: 95-124. Applicant: University of California, 
Berkeley, CA 94720. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model EM 300. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 61 
FR 6629, February 21, 1996. Order Date: January 31, 1995.
    Docket Number: 95-127. Applicant: Armstrong Laboratory, Brooks AFB, 
TX 78235-5118. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 120. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 61 
FR 6630, February 21, 1996. Order Date: April 28, 1995.
    Docket Number: 96-003. Applicant: Mount Holyoke College, South 
Hadley, MA 01075. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM100. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 61 
FR 8041, March 1, 1996. Order Date: July 18, 1995.
    Docket Number: 96-005. Applicant: Scripps Research Institute, La 
Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM120. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 61 
FR 8042, March 1, 1996. Order Date: August 29, 1995.
    Docket Number: 96-006. Applicant: The Scripps Research Institute, 
La Jolla, CA 92037. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 200. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 61 
FR 11613, March 21, 1996. Order Date: August 29, 1995.
    Docket Number: 96-009. Applicant: New York University Medical 
Center, New York, NY 10016. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM 
200. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 61 FR 11613, March 21, 1996. Order Date: July 27, 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

[[Page 29347]]

application by the U.S. Customs Service.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-14620 Filed 6-7-96; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-F