[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 148 (Friday, August 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 41360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20385]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


The University of Houston, 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: 97-042. Applicant: The University of Houston, 
Houston, TX 77204. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010F. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 
32766, June 17, 1997. Order Date: March 3, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-045. Applicant: Baylor University, Waco, TX 
76798-7088. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. 
Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 62 FR 
32766, June 17, 1997. Order Date: March 24, 1997.

    Docket Number: 97-048. Applicant: Kansas State University, 
Manhattan, KS 66506-4901. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM100. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 62 
FR 34691, June 27, 1997. Order Date: March 27, 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. 97-20385 Filed 7-31-97; 8:45 am]
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