[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36116-36117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14353]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Purdue 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: 00-009. Applicant: Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, IN 47907-1392. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model CM300. 
Manufacturer: Philips, The Netherlands. Intended Use: See notice at 65 
FR 25708. Order Date: February 23, 1999.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as the

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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. 00-14353 Filed 6-6-00; 8:45 am]
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