[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 182 (Monday, September 21, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 50211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25115]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments

    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), we invite comments on the question of whether 
instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being 
manufactured in the United States.
    Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the 
regulations and be filed within 20 days with the Statutory Import 
Programs Staff, Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 20230. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 98-043. Applicant: University of Pennsylvania, 
Electron Microscopy Core Laboratory, B-110 Richards Building, 36th and 
Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6085. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JEOL, Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used to study the effects of various agents or 
disease conditions on cellular morphology determined by routine 
ultrastructural analysis. In addition, the instrument will be used to 
teach the techniques of electron microscopy and ultrastructural 
analysis to graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and faculty 
members. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 28, 
1998.

    Docket Number: 98-044. Applicant: University of North Dakota School 
of Medicine & Health Sciences, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, 
501 North Columbia Road, Box 9037, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Instrument: 
Electron Microscope, Model H-7500. Manufacturer: Hitachi, Japan. 
Intended Use: The instrument will be used for biological studies 
including observations of normal and diabetic human eye and kidney 
tissues, laboratory animal central nervous system tissues and scleral 
tissues from the posterior portion of the eye globe in newborn chicks. 
In addition, the instrument will be used in the training of 
undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate students in the use of 
transmission electron microscopy for biological research. Application 
accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 28, 1998.
Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 98-25115 Filed 9-18-98; 8:45 am]
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