[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 81 (Wednesday, April 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 24447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10417]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Ohio State University; Notice of Decision on Application for 
Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscope

    This is a decision 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 p.m. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 00-005. Applicant: Ohio State University, Wooster, 
OH 44691. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7500-1. 
Manufacturer: Hitachi Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 65 FR 
14245, March 16, 2000. Order Date: October 19, 1999.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as the instrument is intended to be used, was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time the instrument was 
ordered. Reasons: The 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 the instrument.

Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-10417 Filed 4-25-00; 8:45 am]
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