[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6838-6839]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-540]


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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 Suite 
4100W, U.S. Department of Commerce, Franklin Court Building, 1099 14th 
Street, NW., Washington, DC.

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    Docket Number: 05-001. Applicant: California Department of Food and 
Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Road, Sacramento, CA 95832.
    Instrument: Electron Microscope, Model H-7500-1 TEM.
    Manufacturer: Hitachi High Technologies Corporation.
    Intended Use: The instrument is intended to be used to observe and 
to record images of plant viruses from crude plant sap, purified virus 
preparations and in imbedded plant tissues to study and identify new 
and emerging plant viruses that are important for California 
agriculture. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: January 
5, 2005.

Gerald A. Zerdy,
Program Manager, Statutory Import Programs Staff.
[FR Doc. E5-540 Filed 2-8-05; 8:45 am]
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