[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 103 (Friday, May 26, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 34148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13320]


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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. 
Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. in Room 4211, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 00-010. Applicant: Tulane University, 6823 St. 
Charles Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698. Instrument: Electron 
Microscope, Model JEM-2010. Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended 
Use: The instrument is intended to be used for the study of 
microstructure of metals, metal oxide fibers, ceramics, semiconductors, 
composite materials, and geological samples. In these studies, the 
microscope is used to measure particle and crystal sizes and 
morphologies, crystalline structure and d-spacing of crystallographic 
planes, chemical composition and distribution, and number and extent of 
defects. In addition, the instrument will be used to train graduate 
students so that they will better understand the microscopy analysis of 
their samples. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: April 
12, 2000.

Frank W. Creel,
Director, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 00-13320 Filed 5-25-00; 8:45 am]
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