[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 125 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)] [Notices] [Pages 35126-35127] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 99-16548] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Applications 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: 99-012. Applicant: Texas A&M University, Purchasing Department, Room 337B Zachry Engineering Building, College Station, TX 77843-3122. Instrument: Densitometer and Balance. Manufacturer: Rubotherm, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to measure corrosive materials such as hydrogen sulfide, polar solvents such as acetylnitrile, asphalts and aggregate materials during experiments conducted with the objective of understanding the strength and durability of asphalt [[Page 35127]] aggregate pavements and fluid properties relevant to deep off-shore oil and gas production. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 4, 1999. Docket Number: 99-013. Applicant: the University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Box 173, Houston, TX 77030. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-1010. Manufacturer: JOEL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to examine normal and pathologic tissues obtained from human patients and experimental animals, tissue culture cells, viruses, polymers containing biological and chemotherapeutic agents. It will be used for ultrastructure of human and animal tumors. In addition, the instrument will be used to teach graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scientists and faculty members the techniques of electron microscopy and ultrastructural analysis. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: June 10, 1999. Frank W. Creel, Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff. [FR Doc. 99-16548 Filed 6-29-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-M