[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 45401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22119]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

University of Massachusetts; Notice Decision on Application for 
Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    This is a decision 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: 96-065. Applicant: University of Massachusetts, 
Amherst, MA 01003. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM 3010. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
33903, July 1, 1996. Order date: July 24, 1995.

    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as the instrument is intended to be used, was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time the instrument was 
ordered. Reasons: The 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 at the time of order of the instrument.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 96-22119 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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