[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 199 (Friday, October 11, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53350-53351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26217]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 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: 96-078. Applicant: Argonne National Laboratory-West, 
Scoville, ID 83415. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 61 FR 
42589, August 16, 1996. Order Date: June 12, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-081. Applicant: Department of Veterans Affairs 
Medical Center, New York, NY 10010. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See 
notice at 61 FR 42589, August 16, 1996. Order Date: May 28, 1996.

    Docket Number: 96-082. Applicant: Florida State University, 
Tallahassee, FL 32306-3015. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
CM120. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice 
at 61 FR 42590, August 16, 1996. Order Date: May 1, 1996.
    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

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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. 96-26217 Filed 10-10-96; 8:45 am]
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