[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5281]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; 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 5:00 P.M. in Room 4211, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC.
    Docket Number: 00-039. Applicant: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 
Troy, NY 12180-3590. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 66 FR 7626, 
January 24, 2001. Order Date: December 13, 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.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-5281 Filed 3-2-01; 8:45 am]
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