[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 4843]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-2349]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Application for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instrument

    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 an 
instrument of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which 
the instrument shown below is intended to be used, is 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, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. 
Application may be examined between 8:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. in Room 
4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, 
NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 98-067. Applicant: Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. 
Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model CM300. Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: The 
instrument will be used in an electron microscopy laboratory that has 
been designed to benefit researchers in biomedical engineering, 
chemical engineering, chemistry, earth and planetary sciences, 
environmental engineering, materials science and engineering, 
mechanical engineering and physics. Examples of specific research 
projects which will be conducted include: (a) Processing and 
characterization of nanoscale materials, (b) dislocation of core 
structures in intermetallic alloys, (c) environmental chemistry, (d) 
development and characterization of rare-earth magnetostictive 
materials, (e) nanoscale observations of porous semiconductors, (f) 
identification of failure mechanisms in materials with applications to 
manufacturing processes and (g) investigations in crystal chemistry and 
geochemistry. In addition, the instrument will be used to supplement 
and expand course offerings on electron microscopy, especially 
analytical based electron microscopy. Application accepted by 
Commissioner of Customs: January 4, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-2349 Filed 1-29-99; 8:45 am]
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