[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 53 (Monday, March 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15403]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6759]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


University of Texas at Austin, et al.; Notice of Consolidated 
Decision on Applications for Duty-Free Entry of Electron Microscopes

    This is a decision consolidated 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, N.W., Washington, D.C.
    Docket Number: 01-002. Applicant: University of Texas at Austin, 
Austin, TX 78712. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model JEM-2010F. 
Manufacturer: JEOL Ltd., Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 66 FR 9557, 
February 8, 2001. Order Date: November 20, 2000.
    Docket Number: 01-003. Applicant: Children's Medical Center of 
Dallas, Dallas, TX 75235. Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-
7500-1. Manufacturer: Hitachi, Japan. Intended Use: See notice at 66 FR 
9557, February 8, 2001. Order Date: September 18, 2000.
    Comments: None received. Decision: Approved. No instrument of 
equivalent scientific value to the foreign instrument, for such 
purposes as these instruments are intended to be used, was being 
manufactured in the United States at the time the instruments were 
ordered. Reasons: Each 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 each 
instrument.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. 01-6759 Filed 3-16-01; 8:45 am]
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