[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 124 (Friday, June 27, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 34691]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16931]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Illinois at Chicago; 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 Numbers: 97-031 and 97-032. Applicant: University of 
Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612-7341. Instrument: (2) Electron 
Microscopes, Models JEM-1220 and JEM-3010. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., 
Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 27237, May 19, 1997. Order 
Date: September 19, 1996.
    Docket Number: 97-035. Applicant: University of Illinois at 
Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612-7202. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model 
JEM-2010F. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 
62 FR 27722, May 21, 1997. Order Date: February 14, 1997.
    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 at the time of order of each 
instrument.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 97-16931 Filed 6-26-97; 8:45 am]
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