[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 141 (Friday, July 23, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 39972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18852]


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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 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: 99-018. Applicant: University of California at Santa 
Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. Instrument: Electron Microscope, 
Model JEM-1230. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: The 
instrument is intended to be used to carry out research objectives 
during studies of the following: (1) Adult and Developing Visual 
System, (2) Age Related Macular Degeneration, (3) Cellular and 
Molecular Mechanisms in Retinal Detachment, (4) Molecular Structure and 
Function of Tau Protein, (5) Mechanism of Action of the Anti-tumor Drug 
Taxol, (6) Dispersion Patterns for Retinal Neuroblasts, (7) Development 
and Anatomy of the Nematode C. elegans. In addition, the instrument 
will be used for training graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, 
faculty and staff. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: 
July 9, 1999.
Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 99-18852 Filed 7-22-99; 8:45 am]
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